Lexic.us

Definition of Class-action suit

1. Noun. A lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Class-action Suit

Literary usage of Class-action suit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland's Jails by Michael Bochenek, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Class Action Litigation at the Baltimore City Detention Center Detainees of the Baltimore City Detention Center filed a class action suit, known as Collins ..."

2. OECD Economic Surveys Korea Volume 2004 Issue 10 by OECD, OECD Staff (2004)
"... litigation and the development of professional plaintiffs, while setting the threshold for shareholders to initiate a class action suit at a low level. ..."

3. Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States by Allyson Collins (1998)
"... practice" class-action suit.8 The agreement is based on an understanding that if the city fails to implement it, the class-action suit will go forward. ..."

4. Cold Storage: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana by Jamie Fellner, Joanne Mariner (1997)
"In February 1994, after months of negotiation, the class action suit was settled, with the parties accepting a comprehensive Agreed Entry that addressed ..."

5. Enhancing Capacities and Confronting Controversies in Criminal Justice edited by Linda N. Ruder (1994)
"... Association (JRSA) was asked to serve as an expert witness in correctional population forecasting for a class action suit involving the Suffolk County ..."

6. All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons by Dorothy Q. Thomas (1996)
"2 In accordance with a protective court order in the class action suit, all of the women we interviewed are identified in this chapter by pseudonyms or by ..."

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