FindLaw Class Action Summaries - May 30-June 03, 2011

Weekly Opinion Summaries Class Action May 30-June 03, 2011 FindLaw.com Weekly Class Action Newsletter Quick Links Cases & Codes Careers LawBrain Legal Market Center Lawyer Directory Lawyer Marketing You may forward this e-mail in its entirety. Table of Contents Class Action McCollum v. CDCR Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc. Cal. Restaurant Management Systems v. City of San Diego 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. SPONSOR Class Action United States Ninth Circuit, 06/01/2011 McCollum v. CDCR, No. 09-16404 In a quasi-constitutional challenge to defendant's paid chaplaincy program by a group of Wiccan inmates involving a claim of remuneration by a volunteer chaplain, judgment of the district court dismissing action is affirmed where: 1) lead plaintiff lacked standing; and 2) the court need not exercise jurisdiction over derivative claims. Read more... United States Ninth Circuit, 06/01/2011 Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., No. 08-35951 In a dispute involving a citizen suit jurisdiction under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), judgment of the district court denying defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed because the action is not an extraterritorial application of CERCLA where, even though offending smelter was in located in Canada, slag discharged by smelter moved downstream into the United States. Read more... United States Ninth Circuit, 06/03/2011 Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc., No. 09-56785 In a class-action for damages and an injunction to compel programmers and distributors of television programming to sell cable channels separately, judgment of the district court dismissing action is affirmed where plaintiffs failed to allege any cognizable injury to competition. Read more... SPONSOR California Court of Appeal, 06/01/2011 Cal. Restaurant Management Systems v. City of San Diego, No. D056695 In a dispute arising from a governmental claim action, Gov. Code section 810 et seq., seeking a refund for excessive charges on defendant's wastewater system management, judgment of the trial court dismissing action as untimely is affirmed because the quitable tolling principles enumerated in American Pipe does not apply to extend the period within which a claim must be filed under the Government Claims Act. Read more... SPONSOR 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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