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JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: In this securities litigation, the district court certified a plaintiff class and appointed class representatives. Because of legal error, we reverse and remand. I. On March 6, 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation announced that sales from one of its North American commercial channels were not meeting expectations and that there would be price reductions and

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and WIENER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is DENIED. No member of the panel or judge in regular active service having requested that the court b

USCA1 Opinion United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit ____________________ No. 97-1048 DR. MARJORIE C. MCMILLAN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v.

JUSTICE BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court: This action began on September 23, 1991, with the filing of a petition to form a new park district in the circuit court of Lake County. The territory to be incorporated into the new district consisted of approximately 14 square miles or 9,250 acres (Riverwoods Territory). Answers and objections were filed by owners of several

STAHL, Circuit Judge. In the late 1980s, Dr. Marjorie McMillan, head of the radiology department for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (“MSPCA”), learned that she was being paid less than the male heads of the organization’s other departments. Defendants MSPCA and Dr. Gus Thornton now appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to set aside

140 F.3d 288 77 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 589,73 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,354Dr. Marjorie C. McMILLAN, Plaintiff, Appellee,v.MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TOANIMALS, and Dr. Gus Thornton, Defendants, Appellants.Dr. Marjorie C. McMILLAN, Plaintiff, Appellant,v.MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TOANIMALS, Dr. Gus Thornton and Dr. PaulGambardella, Defendants, Appellees.

882 F.Supp. 836 (1994) Thaddeus C. PULLA, Plaintiff, v. AMOCO OIL CO., Defendant. No. 4-91-CV-90085. United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Central Division. November 9, 1994. *837 *838 *839 *840

OPINION AND ORDER GREGORY L. FROST, District Judge. This matter is before the Court for consideration of Porsche Cars North America, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss the Master Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) (ECF No. 62), Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant Porsche Cars North America, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss the Master Consolidated Amend

PALMORE, Judge. The will of Mary E. Stevenson, written in 1953, left the residue of her estate in trust for the Lexington Humane Society and provided that if this gift should fail the money was “to be divided equally between the National S. P. C. A. and Defenders of Fur Bearers — Washington, D. C.” In an action brought by the executor to construe the will the Fayette Circuit Court found these provisions to be incapable of execut

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDED CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT ANTHONY J. BATTAGLIA, District Judge. This action arises out of a criminal intrusion into a computer network system used to provide online gaming and Internet connectivity via an individual’s gaming console or personal computer. Plaintiffs, a nationwide putative consumer clas

The suit involves the construction of the will of H. M. Tipton, deceased, the pertinent provisions of which may properly be stated as follows: Paragraph 2. That the testator "gives and wills" specific real property, consisting of improved business lots in the town of Menard, to his "mother and father jointly during their natural lives * * * together with all the rights, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging, the said property hereby given to my said mother and father being"

May 6, 1926. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The defendant was tried for the murder of one T.D. Curtis in July, 1925; he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. A previous trial had resulted in a similar verdict, the judgment upon which was reversed by this Court in 127 S.C. 256; 120 S.E., 849, for error in the admission of an alleged dying declaration made a few days before his dea

The statement of the case by the Court of Civil Appeals will suffice for the purpose of disposing of this writ of error. Such statement reads: "At the inception of this controversy, on June 22, 1922, appellee J. Melvin Adams owned certain sheep and goats and other personal property, situated in Blanco County. On that date, appellant A. Glasscock purchased and took possession of the property. The jury found, upon sufficient evidence, that appellee was induced to make the sale and surren