AVIATION DATA v. AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES

Nos. A111602, A114182.

62 Cal.Rptr.3d 396 (2007)

152 Cal.App.4th 1522

AVIATION DATA, INC, et al. Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC, et al. Defendants and Appellants. William D. Hoffman et al. Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., et al. Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

July 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bartko, Charles G. Miller, Christopher D. Sullivan, Jae S. Yi, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Steven L. Mayer, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, for Defendants and Appellants.

David M. Fried, Law Offices of David M. Fried, San Francisco, Theodore W. Phillips, Phillips, Greenberg & Hauser, Placerville, Max Folkenflik, Folkenflik & McGerity, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


SIGGINS, J.

May a party lose its contractual right to compel arbitration if, when negotiating and seeking approval of a class action settlement, it misrepresents the benefits of the proposed settlement to the court, opposing counsel and others? Here the trial court refused to approve a class action settlement when it concluded that counsel for defendant American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (Amex) misled...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases