Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Class Actions : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law |
| Title: | Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust |
| Date: | 06/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–409 |
| Summary: | The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 does not exempt remand orders from 28 U.S.C. section 1447(d) and its general rule of non-appealability. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law |
| Title: | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit |
| Date: | 03/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1371 |
| Summary: | A judgment vacating dismissal of a private securities fraud class action is reversed where the background, text, and purpose of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act's (SLUSA) pre-emption provision demonstrated that SLUSA pre-empts state-law holder class-action claims of the kind plaintiff alleged. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Remedies |
| Title: | Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. |
| Date: | 12/07/05 |
| Case Number: | 04–1140 |
| Summary: | Upon remand of a case to state court, absent unusual circumstances, attorney's fees should not be awarded under 28 U.S.C. section 1447(c) when the removing party has an objectively reasonable basis for removal; conversely, where no objectively reasonable basis exists, fees should be awarded. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez |
| Date: | 11/08/05 |
| Case Number: | 03–1238, 04-66 |
| Summary: | During a continuous workday, any walking time that occurs after the beginning of the employee’s first principal activity, such as the donning of protective gear, and before the end of the employee’s last principal activity is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); however, the time employees spend waiting to don the first piece of protective gear that marks the beginning of the continuous workday is excluded from FLSA coverage. |