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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Dec. 11, 2008

Union's Wage-and-Hour Class Action Survives Legal Bungles

Lawyers and a federal judge all made mistakes, but their blunders did not derail a union's wage-and-hour class action against Shell Oil Co., a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Tuesday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers and a federal judge all made mistakes, but their blunders did not derail a union's wage-and-hour class action against Shell Oil Co., a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Tuesday.

The case involved the notice requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. United Steel v. Shell Oil Co., 2008 DJDAR 18007.

United Steel, the nation's largest AFL-CIO affil...

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