class certification – Binding the Law

30 June 2017

United States Supreme Court holds no right to appeal denied class certification when plaintiff dismisses individual claim with prejudice; remand cross border shooting Bivens claim for analysis under new Bivens precedent; and order Arkansas to put same sex spouses on birth certificates.

by William Gaskill

24 March 2016

This week, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a class certification based on representative time studies; held United States Park Service regulation of public and nonpublic lands in Alaska may be Alaska specific; held the Omaha tribal reservation has not shrunk; and order Massachusetts to analyze the issue of whether stun gun use in self-defense is protected by the 2nd Amendment under correct legal standards.

by William Gaskill

18 December 2015

10th Circuit tells Colorado marijuana dispensary that self-incrimination claims must wait for appeal of final judgment in its tax case and vacates a class certification.

by William Gaskill

28 April 2015

10th Circuit holds class certification arguments forfeited and rejects a criminal restitution award as an unlawful windfall.

by William Gaskill