Supreme Court rules against business in class-action case
Posted January 20, 2016 6:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says a business cannot end a class-action lawsuit by offering the person who first sued everything that was asked for.
The 6-3 ruling on Wednesday comes in case of interest to business and consumer groups.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes that a settlement offer cannot end a suit if the offer is unaccepted.
The case involves unsolicited text messages sent by the Campbell-Ewald Company to the cellphone of California resident Jose Gomez. The messages were part of a recruitment campaign the company was running for the Navy.
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