# List of class-action lawsuits

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

## Class action lawsuits

| 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 | 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 |

## Lawsuits related to class action

| 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 | |