554 U.S. 269 (2008) Cited 787 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a federal cause of action that permitted payphone operators to seek compensation from long-distance carriers for certain calls was assignable
414 U.S. 538 (1974) Cited 2,124 times 162 Legal Analyses
Holding the commencement of a class action "suspends the applicable statute of limitations as to all asserted members of the class who would have been parties had the suit been permitted to continue as a class action"
Finding a conflict because "Illinois does not prohibit the recovery of punitive damages in product liability cases" while in Michigan "only compensatory damages are available"
Holding that where the alleged injury was "purely economic," the non-resident corporate Plaintiff's breach of contract claims accrued in the jurisdiction in which it sustained the economic impact of the alleged breach — either the state of incorporation or its principal place of business — rather than New York, thus requiring application of the borrowing statute
Fla. Stat. § 95.031 Cited 630 times 9 Legal Analyses
Delaying the start of the four-year limitations period for actions "founded upon fraud" until "the facts giving rise to the cause of action were discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of due diligence"
Limiting the limitations period for causes of action accruing outside of New York where the foreign jurisdiction imposes a shorter statute of limitations than the state does
Specifying that those who participated or aided in selling a security in violation of the Illinois securities laws are "joint and severally liable to the purchaser," including purchasers' attorneys' fees and expenses