This page has a list of lawsuits brought as class actions.
| 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 | |||
| In re American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Litigation | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | |||
| Anderson v. Jackson | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2009 | ||
| Cobell v. Salazar | Indian trust assets | 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 | |||
| Daniela Apostol v. Eastman Kodak Company | false advertising, unfair enrichment, fraudulent concealment, unfair competition[1] | |||
| 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 | |
| EEOC v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America[2] | 1998 | |||
| EEOC (Janice Smith) v. Wal-Mart Stores | hiring decisions based on gender | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Mochizuki v. United States | forcible kidnapping and imprisonment | |||
| Morgan v. Hennigan | racial segregation and school busing | |||
| 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 | |
| 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[3] | Madison County, Illinois | 2003/2006 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| gasoline additive damaging fuel supply systems of cars | ||||
| Shyamala Rajender v. University of Minnesota | employment discrimination based on sex | 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 | |||
| retrieving deposits from dormant bank accounts | 2000 |
| 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 |