12 results for 'cat:"Government" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Katsas finds that the district court properly denied the patients’ request for class certification over a dispute involving reimbursement of medical equipment. The patients won their earlier case, so they have no continuing grievance. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Katsas, Filed On: August 2, 2024, Case #: 23-5152, Categories: government, Health Care, class Action
J. Gooch finds that the lower court properly found for the state officials in a class action alleging that surcharges charged to criminal defendants to support various state funds are unconstitutional. Sovereign immunity bars these claims, as the state did not expressly consent to waive immunity on these issues, nor did it waive immunity by implied consent. Affirmed.
Court: Missouri Supreme Court, Judge: Gooch, Filed On: July 9, 2024, Case #: SC100376, Categories: government, Immunity, class Action
J. Roumel grants the Electrical Welfare Trust Fund’s motion for final approval of settlement and plan for allocating net settlement fund to exaction class members in this dispute relating to payments it was required to make into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Transitional Reinsurance Program for the 2014 plan year.
Court: Court of Federal Claims, Judge: Roumel, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 19-cv-353, Categories: government, Settlements, class Action
J. Osteen denies the state department of health and human services’ secretary’s motion to dismiss allegations of disability discrimination brought by a class of parents and guardians of disabled children. The class shows sufficient evidence that hundreds of children with disabilities are unnecessarily institutionalized at understaffed state psychiatric wards every year in North Carolina. The children are subject to physical, emotional and sexual abuse and given heavily mind-altering drugs by untrained employees in violation of the ADA, specifically the Olmstead Act.
Court: USDC Middle District of North Carolina, Judge: Osteen, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1046, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities - Other - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, government, class Action
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J. Gleason denies the state's amended motion for stay regarding a proposed class' allegations that the state did not respond to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants within the required timeframe or denied applicants the right to apply for SNAP benefits the first time they contacted the agency. The state asserts that it has "demonstrated commitment to resolving the backlog" in processing SNAP applicants while the case has been stayed. "Further delaying the resolution of this issue could cause potential damage to the proposed class members."
Court: USDC Alaska, Judge: Gleason, Filed On: February 5, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv44, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: government, class Action
J. Reidinger denies a group of white Asheville residents’ motion for class certification after it claimed Asheville’s city government discriminated against its members on the basis of race. The group, challenging a city HR policy which had specific demographic quotas for its volunteer-based commission, claimed that because the policy required certain numbers of people of color to be appointed, the city was discriminating against its members as white people. Of 46 white people in the class, 16 of them were appointed by the city, leaving 30 not appointed, but the class does not provide any evidence as to why those 30 were not appointed. Also, the city changed the policy a year prior, still encouraging marginalized people’s participation in the commission but removing any specific quotas, in effect negating the reason for the group’s complaint.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Reidinger, Filed On: January 16, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv259, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, government, class Action
J. Laurer denies the petitioner's request for class certification in his action against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding challenges to its other than honorable character of discharge. Though his request for relief had been satisfied after his receiving a new and material evidence determination after filing this petition, he argues his petition and class action request are not moot based on certain exceptions. The class questions in this case relate to manageability, while implicit adjudication questions are case specific and ill-suited to class-wide review and relief.
Court: Court Of Appeals For Veterans Claims, Judge: Laurer, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 22-7344, Categories: government, Veterans, class Action
J. Oliver grants the black homeowners' motion for class certification, ruling that while there are not specific numbers in the water shutoff class, the numbers provided for the lien class allow the court to make common sense assumptions about its size, which meets numerosity requirements. Additionally, all of the claims center on one of three actions - the filing of a lien by the city, the shutoff of water service or excessively high billing - and, therefore, commonality requirements are satisfied.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Oliver, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv2911, NOS: Housing/Accommodations - Civil Rights, Categories: government, Water, class Action