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MEMORANDUM EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, J. Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ... 17 II. BACKGROUND ... 17 III. PROCEDURAL HISTORY ... 18 IV. PROPOSED CLASS ... 20 V. LEGAL STANDARD ... 20 VI. DISCUSSION ... 20 A. Rule 23(a) ... 20 1. Numerosity ... 21

445 B.R. 450 (2010) In re PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, LLC, et al., Debtors. No. 09-11204 Sr. United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. October 21, 2010. *452 Anne M. Aaronson, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Proskauer Rose LLP. David F. Abernethy, Drinker Biddle &

AMENDED MEMORANDUM *195AND ORDER1 SARIS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION New York City and forty-two New York counties have brought suit against numerous pharmaceutical manufacturers and subsidiaries alleging Medicaid fraud in violation of the federal Best Prices Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1

OPINION OF THE COURT FISHER, Circuit Judge. Disputes about whether workers are properly classified as employees or independent contractors are a classic and reoccurring issue in American law. This case presents such a dispute. Jani-King, 1 the world’s largest commercial cleaning franchisor, clas

MEMORANDUM & ORDER VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: Jose Mediavilla, a participant in several Occupy Wall Street protests that took place in downtown Manhattan in 2011 and 2012, filed a complaint asserting that his rights were violated in connection with his arrests on November 5, 2011 and November 12, 2011 by members of the New York City Police Department. Before me is the motion for

524 U.S. 184 (1998) BRYAN v. UNITED STATES No. 96-8422. United States Supreme Court. Argued March 31, 1998. Decided June 15, 1998. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT *185 Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer, J

Slomsky, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION...608 II. BACKGROUND...611 A. Pennsylvania Elections...611 B. Factual Background...613 1. The Special Election and the Participants...613 2. Alleged Voter Coercion, Intimidation, and Other Misconduct that Occurred During the Special Election...614

ACCEPTED 03-16-00790-CV 14561603 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT. The Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 (Union) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversing an Act 111 1 grievance arbitration award that required the City of Pittsburgh to pay on-duty police officers working at large-scale events

Almand, Justice. Counsel for the plaintiffs in error (the Negro intervenors) assert that the decree of the judge of the superior court was “patent enforcement of racial discrimination contrary to the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” to the Federal Constitution. The decree did not enforce, or purport to enforce, any judgment, ruling, or decree as related to the intervenors. After determining that all parties w

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PATTI B. SARIS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser”), Aetna, Inc. (“Aetna”), and Guardian Life Insurance Company (“Guardian”), collectively the Coordinated Plaintiffs, bring this case against Pfizer, Inc. and Warner-Lambert Company, alleging violations of the Racketeer Influ

OPINION OF THE COURT GARTH, Circuit Judge. In this diversity case the district court: (1) granted summary judgment on the plaintiff’s complaint before adjudicating the defendant’s pending counterclaim; and (2) certified that judgment as final under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). This appeal challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment, its 54(b) certification, and its refusal to stay enforcement of the

Matter of Attorneys Who are in Violation of Judiciary Law Section 468-a for Failing to Register (2025 NY Slip Op 01717) Matter of Attorneys Who are in Violation of Judiciary Law Section 468-a for Failing to Register 2025 NY Slip Op 01717 Decided on March 20, 2025 Appellate Di

In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS * RK KK RK KK KK KK KR KR Rk Ke ANNE ABBOTT, ** on behalf of her minor child, R.A., = * ** No. 14-907V Petitioner, ** Special Master Christian J. Moran Ed V. ** Filed: December 4, 2020 Ed SECRETARY OF HEALTH ** Attomeys’ fees and costs, interim AND HUMAN SERVICES, ** award, expert costs, remand Ed Respondent. ** * eK KK KK KK KK KK KR KR RK KF Andrew Downing, Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, for petitioner; Jenni

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _______________________ Nos. 20-1749 and 20-1766 _______________________ GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Appellant in No. 20-1766 v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS; COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,

ALLRED, District Judge. Action for infringement of Claims 1, 4 and 6 of Letters Patent No. 2,664,162 (hereafter referred to as 162), invented by Kenneth C. Howard, Harold E. McGowen, Jr. and Howard H. Moore, Jr., and Claims 1 to 4, inclusive, of Letters Patent No. 2,679,903 (hereafter referred to as 903), invented by McGowen and Moore, both patents issued to plaintiff as assignee. 162 is a combination pat

This suit was instituted by plaintiff, F.O. Brown, appellee, in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court of Texas, Dallas County, on November 30, 1892, to recover of the defendant city of Dallas, appellant, the sum of $3008.14, for the cost of paving and grading four feet in width on Pacific avenue, from Griffin street to the Houston Texas Central Railroad; said four feet alleged to be extra and over and above that contracted to be improved. Plaintiff's petition alleged that Laing Smoot, a fi

OPINION & ORDER KENNETH M. KARAS, District Judge: Louis DeCosmo (“DeCosmo”), as administrator of the estate of M.D., and as father and natural guardian of J.D., a minor (“Plaintiffs”), bring this Action against Defendants the State of New York, New York State Office of Children and Family Services (“OCFS,” and together with the State of New York, “State Defendants”), Dutchess County, Department of Com

WEIS, Circuit Judge. In suits under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 for damages against government officials for violation of constitutional rights, the Supreme Court recommends that the courts rule on the constitutional issue before reaching qualified immunity. In this case, after hearing all of the plaintiffs evidence at trial, the District Court assumed, but did not decide whether a constitut

ACCEPTED 03-15-00528-CV 7458584 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS