Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co.

Holding that false advertising "class must be defined in such a way as to include only members who were exposed to advertising that is alleged to be materially misleading"

Churchill Village v. General Electric

Holding that approval of a settlement that received 45 objections and 500 opt-outs out of 90,000 class members was proper

Officers for Justice v. Civil Serv. Comm'n

Holding a settlement must stand or fall in its entirety because a district court cannot "delete, modify or substitute certain provisions"

Class Plaintiffs v. City of Seattle

Holding that the relevant indenture agreement allowed the trustee to "bring tort and fraud claims on behalf of the bondholders"

Syncor v. Cardinal

Finding that, where parties “reached an enforceable settlement agreement subject to court approval,” defendant could not withdraw from agreement even before court approval

Linney v. Cellular Alaska Partnership

Holding that a settlement was fundamentally fair when it created a $6 million settlement fund for the plaintiff class without releasing their claims and provided extensive injunctive relief

Torrisi v. Tucson Elec. Power Co.

Holding that we review adequacy de novo

Stearns v. Select Comfort Retail Corp.

Finding a class not ascertainable where the definition includes persons who have received refunds, replacements, or who have not suffered any damages at all

Oestreicher v. Alienware Corp.

Holding allegation that defendant had “exclusive knowledge as the manufacturer” did not support claim that defendant was aware of a defect

Rule 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 1750 - Title of act

Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising

Requiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state

Section 1715 - Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials

Providing list of information required to be included with the CAFA notice