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April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Cusack v. Bank United of Texas

Challenge to a class-action “coupon” settlement in Chicago federal district court.  The district court rejected our challenge, and we appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  Challenge to a class-action “coupon” settlement in Chicago federal district court.  The district court rejected our…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Cruz v. Cingular Wireless

This putative class action on behalf of Florida consumers alleges that Cingular violated the state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act when it imposed monthly charges for a purportedly “optional” Roadside Assistance service that the plaintiffs had never requested or enrolled in.   The plaintiffs, in a…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Craft v. Philip Morris, Inc.

Public Justice filed an amici brief supporting certification of a class action seeking economic damages claims arising out of the sale of so-called “light” cigarettes.  The brief emphasized the value of the class action device.  The brief was authored by the National Association of Consumer Attorneys, with…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

County of Santa Clara, et al. v. Superior Court

We filed an amicus brief in a case presenting the issue of whether government entities may retain and co-counsel with private attorneys on a contingent-fee basis to pursue a public nuisance action. Our brief supported the efforts of six California counties and four California cities suing the manufacturers…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Cordova v. World Finance Corp.

Public Justice argued the winning appeal before the New Mexico Supreme Court in the case of a woman trapped by a consumer loan contract that allowed the lender to sue her, but limited her redress to mandatory arbitration. The woman wanted to sue World Finance…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Commissioner v. Banaitis and Commissioner v. Banks

In these consolidated cases, we joined a coalition of civil rights organizations in filing an amici brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the federal government’s attempt to require victims of discrimination to pay income tax on any attorneys’ fees they recover, even though they never…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Colacicco v. Apotex, Inc.

Public Justice joined an amici brief arguing that the district court erred when it dismissed the plaintiffs’ failure-to-warn claims involving the prescription drug Paxil and its generic equivalent on the ground that they conflict with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of the drug’s label….

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Cline v. Ashland, Inc., et al.

Petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the Alabama Supreme Court decision, limiting access to justice for toxic tort victims. Public Justice filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an outrageous decision of the Alabama Supreme Court that deprives tort victims whose injuries…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Chavez v. Netflix

We objected to a proposed class action settlement in a lawsuit alleging that the online DVD rental company Netflix engaged in false advertising and deceptive practices concerning the speed of delivery of its DVDs to customers.  The original settlement contained an “automatic renewal” provision that…

April 19, 2012 Cases / Briefs

CGI v. Rose

This case is part of Public Justice’s campaign against employer-based health plans’ efforts to recover medical expenses from injury victims who have recovered damages for their injuries from a third-party tortfeasor. In CGI v. Rose, Public Justice is defending a Washington state woman who has…

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