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Appellate court finds arbitration agreement unconscionable in DirecTV case
Robert P. LeChien The Fifth Appellate Court has affirmed a decision by St. Clair Circuit Judge Robert P. LeChien who denied DirecTV's motion to stay proceedings in a class action suit and compel arbitration against customer Charlotte Bess.
Ruling allows class action against Sprint to continue
Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron A decision granting a 48-state class action lawsuit against Sprint has been upheld.
Fifth reverses Stack in Missouri Home Depot case
Spomer The Fifth District Appellate Court reversed Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack in a case which would have allowed a Missouri statutory law to have been tried in an Illinois state court.
Byron vacates judgment against Troy cop
Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron on Friday morning granted Troy police officer Clarence Jackson's motion to vacate a $311,700 default judgment that was leveled against him for not answering a lawsuit.