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Supreme Court rules against business in class-action case
Source: AP
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.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/75c3f443407b495f960a652b981ce621/supreme-court-rules-against-business-class-action-case-0
