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”

Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor

Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval

Comcast Corp. v. Behrend

Holding that at the class certification stage, "any model supporting a plaintiff's damages case must be consistent with its liability case"

Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.

Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"

Staton v. Boeing Co.

Holding that "named plaintiffs ... are eligible for reasonable incentive payments" in addition to reimbursement "for their substantiated litigation expenses, and identifiable services rendered to the class directly under the supervision of class counsel"

In re Tobacco II Cases

Holding class representatives had standing to challenge common marketing of cigarettes despite differences in the advertisements or statements on which class members relied

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"

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague

Holding that a Minnesota court may apply Minnesota rule permitting “stacking” of motorcycle insurance policies because plaintiff now lived in Minnesota and her deceased spouse had worked in Minnesota, even though plaintiff had lived in Wisconsin at the time of the accident, and even though decedent had lived in Wisconsin, had taken out the insurance policies in Wisconsin, and had been killed in Wisconsin

In re Scrap Metal

Holding that the Daubert factors "are not dispositive in every case and should be applied only where they are reasonable measures of the reliability of expert testimony."

Kasky v. Nike

Holding that statements by the defendant about the working conditions of its overseas employees were not protected by the First Amendment and could give rise to a claim for fraudulent business practices under the UCL

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 110760 - Unlawful manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offer to sale misbranded food

Section 101.22 - Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives

Using vanilla as an example of a "characterizing flavor"

Section 101.4 - Food; designation of ingredients

Requiring ingredients to be listed in descending order of prominence by weight

Section 102.5 - General principles

Providing that the “common or usual name” of a food or beverage must identify “in as simple and direct terms as possible, the basic nature of the food or its characterizing properties or ingredients” and must “be uniform among all identical or similar products”