U.S. top court weighs Microsoft's appeal in Xbox class action
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Date: 2017-03-21

U.S. top court weighs Microsoft's appeal in Xbox class action

U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who say the videogame console gouges discs because of a design defect.

Microsoft told the court in oral arguments that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 2015 ruling allowing console owners to appeal the dismissal of their class action lawsuit was unfair to defendants.

Typically parties cannot appeal a class certification ruling until the entire case has reached a conclusion. But the 9th Circuit allowed the console owners to voluntarily dismiss their lawsuit so they could immediately appeal the denial of a class certification.