Class Certification

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Earl v. The Boeing Co.

November 21, 2022

Fifth Circuit reverses class certification and remands with instructions to dismiss for lack of Article III standing. The U.S. Chamber filed two amicus briefs supporting this outcome.

StarKist Co. v. Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc.

November 14, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari to resolve split over whether a class may be certified where more than a de minimis number of unnamed class members may be uninjured. The U.S. Chamber filed a...

DZ Reserve v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

November 7, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to reverse class certification because individual issues of materiality and detrimental reliance overwhelm questions common to the class.

Dudley v. API Industries, Inc.

September 21, 2022

U.S. Chamber submits coalition amicus brief urging New York Appellate Division to reinforce traditional limits on negligence and private nuisance law, as well as class certification, in case...

StarKist Co. v. Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc.

September 9, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari and hold that a class may not be certified where more than a de minimis number of unnamed class members may be...

Plan Benefit Services, Inc. v. Chavez

August 2, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to reverse order certifying a multi-plan ERISA class action. The U.S. Chamber previously filed two successful amicus briefs in this case,...

West Virginia-American Water Co. v. Webster

July 6, 2022

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals reverses and remands order certifying liability-only issues class action against private water utility. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting...

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates v. Russell

May 16, 2022

Supreme Court declines to review decision by Third Circuit allowing certification of an issues class. The Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting cert.

Clark v. A&L Care & Training Center, LLC

May 13, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to require named plaintiffs in FLSA collective actions to affirmatively prove that employees receiving opt-in notice are similarly...

Plan Benefit Services, Inc. v. Chavez

May 11, 2022

Fifth Circuit grants permission to appeal certification of multi-plan ERISA class action. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of this outcome.