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Cases / Briefs

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson

Public Justice filed an amicus brief, joined by Public Citizen, in support of the Plaintiff-Appellant’s Opposition to MBNA’s Petition for Rehearing.  This amicus brief argues that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) does not preempt the remedies provisions of the California Consumer Credit Reporting…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Geier v. Honda Motor Company, Inc.

We argued and won a mixed decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether federal law preempts and bars damage claims against the auto manufacturers by drivers and passengers injured because their cars lack airbags.  The court ruled unanimously that no claims are expressly preempted,…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Gee v. Pacheco

As part of Public Justice’s Iqbal Project, we filed a post-judgment amicus brief in this Tenth Circuit appeal, urging the court to amend some of the language in its opinion about Iqbal as applied to prisoner claims.  In particular we urged the court to delete…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Freightliner Corp. v. Myrick

In this case, we helped win a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that injured crash victims can sue truck manufacturers for failing to install anti-lock brakes.  Public Justice was Counsel of Record for the plaintiff before the Court.

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Frankl v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

A New Jersey state court case filed on behalf of the victim of a rollover accident caused by defective Goodyear tires.  During the course of the litigation, discovery related to the defective tires was sealed pursuant to an umbrella protective order that had been stipulated…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Foltz v. State Farm

On June 18, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a trial court ruling that permitted the blanket sealing of discovery materials and court records in a consumer fraud case against State Farm Insurance Company.  We intervened in the case on…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Fletcher v. Brooke Group, Ltd.

We objected to a motion for preliminary approval of a no-opt-out settlement of present and future personal injury and economic claims against the Liggett cigarette company on the grounds that the proposed class was too sprawling to meet the certification criteria of Rule 12 and…

May 9, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Figueroa v. Sharper Image

We objected to a proposed class action settlement involving Sharper Image’s “Ionic Breeze” air purifiers. The proposed settlement would have resolved the claims of over 3 million consumers nationwide who own the machines, which Consumer Reports has said are ineffective and pose serious health risks…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Young v. Indiana High School Athletic Association

Public Justice’s lawsuit on behalf of a 14-year-old Bloomington, Ind., girl, prompted the Executive Committee of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) to adopt an emergency rule, permitting girls to try out for their high school baseball teams.  Public Justice had charged that the…

May 8, 2012 Cases / Briefs

White v. Engler

Federal class action challenging a Michigan college scholarship program as discriminatory. We were co-counsel with the ACLU Fund of Michigan, the NAACP-Michigan State Conference, and MALDEF in this federal class action challenging a Michigan college scholarship program as discriminatory. The suit charges that the state’s…