Sentence examples for approve a class from inspiring English sources

Lawyers for Ms. Ellis said they were asking Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of Federal District Court to approve a class action for about 650 women, both current and former employees at Costco, who were eligible in the last three years for promotion to the top positions at Costco's 320 stores in the United States.

A Missouri federal judge approved a class action settlement to send $333 million to former NationsBank shareholders and $157 million to former BankAmerica shareholders.

An Arizona federal judge approved a class action settlement exacting payment for allegedly misleading financial statements from the once bankrupt lender.

More problematic are "settlement class actions," where lawyers for the plaintiffs and defendant agree beforehand to settle the case as long as the judge approves a class that ropes in all the potential plaintiffs.

In 2011, a federal judge in New York approved a class action lawsuit against Pearson that accused the company of using photographs in textbooks without permission or payment.

A federal judge this summer approved a class-action lawsuit accusing the department of using race as a basis for the stops.

Then on February 6th judges in San Francisco approved a class-action lawsuit involving up to 2m past and present Wal-Mart employees.

A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement that requires Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and its founder to pay shareholders $30 million in compensation for losses suffered during the ImClone trading scandal, lawyers said yesterday.

Last month, a federal judge approved a class-action settlement under which the city will compensate as many as 65,000 people who were illegally strip-searched by jail guards after being arrested for minor offenses in 1996 and 1997.

(Automotive News) A Southern California woman who won a judgment against American Honda for misrepresenting the fuel economy she could expect from her 2006 Civic Hybrid, could not prevent a San Diego judge from approving a class-action suit on the part of other owners of the vehicle.

Wal-Mart Stores is down 88 cents to $53.18 one day after a U.S. judge approved a class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against the retailer; the plaintiff class could include up to 1.6 million current and former women workers.