Los Angeles Class Action

Resources

Selected Court Resources

California Courts Portal Website: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/

California Supreme Court: http://courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/

California Court of Appeals: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/

Los Angeles Superior Court:  http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/

United States District Court for the Central District of California: http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/

Class Action Resources

Class Action Fairness Act of 2005:  http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ002.109

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23, which governs Federal class action cases (from the Cornell Law Library):   http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule23.htm

Title Three of the California Court Rules, which governs California class actions: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/rules/index.cfm?title=three

Federal Multidistrict Litigation Statute:  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/28/usc_sec_28_00001407----000-.html

U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation:  http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/ 

Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation:  http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Rules___Procedures/PanelRules_4-2-01.PDF

Wage and Hour Law Resources

Federal Fair Labor Standards Act: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/

U.S. Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/index.htm

California Employment Development Department: http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov/

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing: http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement provides information on filing overtime compensation claims, wage claims, and minimum wage claims: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DIR/labor_law/DLSE/dlse.html