List of class-action lawsuits

This page has a list of lawsuits brought as class actions.

Lawsuit	Subject of lawsuit	Court of decision	Year of decision
Alperin v. Vatican Bank	conversion, unjust enrichment, restitution, the right to an accounting, human rights violations and violations of international law	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In re American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Litigation	violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Anderson v. Jackson	demolition of public housing damaged by Hurricane Katrina	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	2009
Burnett v. National Association of Realtors	conspiracy among real estate agents to inflate fees paid by home sellers	United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri	2023
Cobell v. Salazar	Indian trust assets	United States District Court for the District of Columbia	2009
Collins v. United States	honorable discharge under "Don't ask, don't tell"	United States Court of Federal Claims	2013
Conant v. McCaffrey	right to recommend medical marijuana	United States district court
Daniels v. City of New York	racial profiling and unlawful stop and frisk
De Beers Diamonds Antitrust Litigation		U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Doe v. Chiquita Brands International	funding and arming known terrorist organizations
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores	discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments	United States Supreme Court	2011
Fraley v. Facebook, Inc.	misappropriation of users' names and likenesses	United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores	racial and gender discrimination in employment and marketing
Gratz v. Bollinger	undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy too mechanistic in its use of race as a factor in admissions	Supreme Court of the United States	2003
Greek Cypriots v. TRNC and HSBC Bank USA	denial of access to land and property	United States District Court for the District of Columbia
GM Instrument Cluster Settlement	owners of vehicles with faulty instrument clusters receive "special coverage"	U.S. District Court in Seattle	2008
Hepting v. AT&T	surveillance of telecommunications
James v. Meow Media	video game responsibility for murders
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.	sexual harassment, abusive language, threats, stalking and intimidation
Jewel v. NSA	surveillance		2010
Lane v. Facebook, Inc.	internet privacy and social media	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	2010
Luévano v. Campbell	racial bias in written test for employment
Madrigal v. Quilligan	involuntary sterilization
Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores	health insurance not covering prescription contraceptives	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Mochizuki v. United States	forcible kidnapping and imprisonment
Morgan v. Hennigan	racial segregation and school busing
Nasdaq Market Makers Antitrust Litigation	stock market collusion
National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation	e-commerce website accessibility
National Organization for Women v. Scheidler	anti-abortion activities	Supreme Court of the United States	1994
Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation	price fixing and other allegedly anti-competitive trade practices in the credit card industry		2012
Pigford v. Glickman	racial discrimination in its allocation of farm loans and assistance		1999/2010
Price v. Philip Morris, Inc	cigarette company advertising class action led by plaintiff's attorney Stephen Tillery resulted in $10.1 billion judgement^[1]	Madison County, Illinois	2003/2006
Ritalin class action lawsuits	promoting disorder ADHD to increase drug profits
Robbins v. Lower Merion School District	charged schools secretly spied on students through surreptitiously and remotely activated webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home; privacy rights	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	filed 2010
Ruiz v. Estelle	prisoners' rights	United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas	1979
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2003)	anti-abortion activities	Supreme Court of the United States	2003
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2006)	anti-abortion activities	Supreme Court of the United States	2006
Shell Canada lawsuit	gasoline additive damaging fuel supply systems of cars
Shyamala Rajender v. University of Minnesota	employment discrimination based on sex	United States District Court for the District of Minnesota	1980
Smiley v. Citibank	limiting credit card late fees and other penalties	Supreme Court of the United States	1996
Sullivan v. Zebley	Social Security regulation on determining disability for children	Supreme Court of the United States	1990
Swift v. Zynga	misleading advertising	United States District Court for the Northern District of California
TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.	use of secret contact information to steal talent
Turkmen v. Ashcroft	unlawful detainment
Vroegh v. Eastman Kodak Company	false advertising, unfair business practices, breach of contract, fraud, deceit and/or misrepresentation
World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks	retrieving deposits from dormant bank accounts		2000

Lawsuit	Subject of lawsuit	Court of decision	Year of decision
AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion	contracts that exclude class action arbitration	Supreme Court of the United States	2011
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit	SLUSA preempting state law class action claims	Supreme Court of the United States	2006
West v. Randall	required parties to class action	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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