| Weekly Opinion Summaries Class Action | | April 04-08, 2011 FindLaw.com Weekly Class Action Newsletter | You may forward this e-mail in its entirety. Table of Contents Class Action FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely redistribute this e-mail in its entirety. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. Class Action United States Third Circuit, 04/04/2011 Landsman and Funk PC v. Skinder-Strauss Assoc., No. 09-3105 In a class action dispute involving whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. section 227(b), confers federal, diversity jurisdiction for private causes of actions, judgment of district court dismissing action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where on the language, structure, and legislative history of the statute, Congress did not divest the federal courts of diversity jurisdiction over private causes of action under the TCPA. Read more... California Court of Appeal, 04/05/2011 In re Tobacco Cases, No. D056589 In a dispute involving an alleged breach of a consent decree by defendants and the award of attorney fees under Civil Code section 1717 judgment of the trial court is reversed where section 1717 applies to the relevant consent decree and the court used an incorrect legal standard in determining the prevailing party under Hsu v. Abbara. Read more... FindLaw includes summaries of all Supreme and Appellate Court slip opinions posted on the official Illinois Courts site. FindLaw summaries include opinions that have not yet been released for publication and may be subject to modification, correction or withdrawal. Check the Illinois Courts site to determine if a specific opinion has been released before relying on that case as precedent. Feedback We value your comments! Please take a moment to tell us what you think by sending us an e-mail. | Subscription Information Click here to subscribe to a FindLaw Newsletter. To unsubscribe, click here. | Advertising Information For more information about advertising in FindLaw Newsletters, click here. | 800 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 | | | |
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