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Class Action History: AOL and Time Warner Accounting Scandal
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Class Action History: Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
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Class Action History: The Big Tobacco Case
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Class Action History: Tyco International Accounting Scandal
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Historical Cases: How Marbury v. Madison Established Judicial Review
The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review allows it to deem legislation or executive actions as unconstitutional. This power wasn’t granted to the Supreme Court through the Constitution, though: it comes from an 1803 court decision in the case of Marbury versus Madison. The case’s defining decision upheld the belief …
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Class Action History: Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen has had something of a rough go of it over the last few years, though they’ve got no one but themselves to blame. The German automaker came under fire in 2016 due to the company’s apparent fraud committed to fudge emissions testing. The company faced a huge class action …
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Class Action History: The Big Tobacco Case
One of the biggest suits in class action history was a case that named four massive tobacco companies as defendants to cover smoking-related illness medical costs. This suit, which finished in 1998, resulted in one of the largest payouts in class action history. This case was part of a huge …
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