Basco v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that individual issues predominated where the plaintiffs would be required to prove the terms of and breach of oral contracts
• noting that federal rule requires class action be the superior method to resolve dispute
• rejecting plaintiffs’ proposed use of statistics to establish breach of contract action or amount of damages
• finding that in breach of contract action, typicality prong was met where all members were subject to same pay pattern and practice by company, despite fact that damages and circumstances surrounding contract formation would be different for each plaintiff
• denying class certification because individualized issues predominated in claim of breach of oral contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-10· cited 173×
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-14· cited 105×
• Sosa v. SAFEWAY PREMIUM FINANCE CO.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-07· cited 75×
• Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2005-01-20· cited 38×
• Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-07-22· cited 26×
• George v. National Water Main Cleaning Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-09-27· cited 19×
• Sepulveda v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2006-05-05· cited 18×
• Clausnitzer v. Federal Express Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-02-28· cited 18×
• Morgan v. Coats
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-05· cited 15×
• Cutler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-06-29· cited 15×
• Crowe v. Examworks, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-09-30· cited 10×
• England v. Advance Stores Co.
  W.D. Kentucky· 2009-09-02· cited 9×
• Stiller v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
  S.D. California· 2014-04-15· cited 9×
• Blackwell v. Skywest Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2007-08-30· cited 7×
• Iliadis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2006-08-15· cited 6×
• Colindres v. QuietFlex Manufacturing
  S.D. Texas· 2006-03-31· cited 4×
• McCracken v. Best Buy Stores, L.P.
  S.D. New York· 2008-03-19· cited 4×
• Discount Sleep v. City of Ocala
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-01-01· cited 2×
• Robinson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  S.D. Mississippi· 2008-09-12· cited 2×
• Boutte v. Lafarge
  E.D. Louisiana· 2009-05-21· cited 2×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-14· cited 4,068×
• In Re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pfizer, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-02-15· cited 761×
• Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-02· cited 578×
• Daniels v. City of Arlington
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-04-09· cited 388×
• Rommie STULTS and Stephen Wallace, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONOCO, INC. and Brad Burmaster, Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-02-29· cited 326×
• Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-03-03· cited 312×
• Mullen v. Treasure Chest Casino, LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-08-20· cited 267×
• Jackson v. Motel 6 Multipurpose, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-12-10· cited 232×
• Arnold v. Garlock, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-12-28· cited 157×
• Claude Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Asbestos Corporation Limited
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-09-21· cited 145×
• Johnny B. McGOWAN, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FAULKNER CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-15· cited 132×
• Bertulli v. Independent Ass'n of Continental Pilots
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-13· cited 111×
• Lightbourn v. County of El Paso, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-01· cited 80×
• Lightbourn v. County of El Paso
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-11· cited 59×
• Schwarz v. ADMINISTRATORS TUL. EDUC. FUND
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1997-09-10· cited 48×
• In re Ford Motor Co. Vehicle Paint Litigation
  E.D. Louisiana· 1998-08-25· cited 42×
• Thomas v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-11-27· cited 39×
• Mix v. University of New Orleans
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1992-11-24· cited 29×