Flint residents who filed a class-action lawsuit related to the water crisis got good news and bad news this week. A Court of Claims judge in Grand Rapids dismissed portions of the lawsuit related to the Flint water crisis The lawsuit alleges state and local officials, including Governor Rick Snyder, violated the constitution and denied them life, liberty, and property without due process. The …
Rush to courts feared in class actions, at cost to business Share Share via Email Share on Google Plus Post on facebook wall Share on twitter Post to Linkedin Share on Reddit One of the most significant class action judgments has been handed down. Lawyers have warned of a possible “rush” to the courts to file class actions after the full Federal Court gave the green light to controversial …
Comedian and Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN) CEO Byron Allen (“Comics Unleashed”) scored a legal victory on Monday (October 24) when a federal judge permitted his $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against Charter Communications to continue. Deadline reports that federal district court judge George Wu rejected Charter’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by ESN and the National …
District Judge Margaret Marrinan ruled late Wednesday that the case against Gov. Mark Dayton, state Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, St. Paul Public Schools and three other districts did not show Minnesota’s teachers union protections were directly connected to the academic achievement gap or students of color receiving ineffective teachers. Marrinan’s ruling said the issues raised by …
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Bessemer attorney against the five U.S. Supreme Court justices who made up the majority opinion legalizing gay marriage nationwide. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Haikala tossed out the lawsuit based on judicial immunity. The U.S. 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a previous case that federal judges have judicial immunity …
A Ramsey County judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota teacher tenure laws, rejecting its arguments that the laws protect ineffective teachers and deprive low-income and minority students of a high-quality education. The suit, filed in April by national and local education reform groups, argued that state laws shield veteran teachers from layoffs even when they perform …
A church’s lawsuit in Iowa that gained national attention has benefitted from a federal judge’s preliminary ruling. U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Rose on Oct. 14 denied a request from Iowa state officials to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Fort Des Moines Church of Christ.That means the case will progress to trial. A similar lawsuit is moving forward in Massachusetts, where four church …
A federal appellate court in California has agreed to decide whether consumers can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against AT&T over the company’s data-throttling practices. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced on Thursday that it would hear the consumers’ appeal of a trial judge’s decision to send the case to arbitration. The legal dispute dates to 2014, when three California …
A federal judge in Denver has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Fort Collins that claims an ordinance that bars women from exposing their breasts in public violates the Constitution and is rooted in outdated puritanical values and discrimination. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said that the plaintiffs, Free the Nipple, an association of Colorado residents who advocate for …
An appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday dealt a setback to a long-running lawsuit against the wireless industry over health concerns surrounding cellphones, deciding that a different legal standard for evidence should have been applied. The decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals will further prolong the litigation, initially filed in 2001, as plaintiffs must now produce …