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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
class action
noun
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▪ A class action can drive you crazy.
▪ Sucharow, which represented some of the investors in the class action.
▪ The lawsuit later became a class action, representing about 1, 400 current and former black Texaco employees.
▪ Their long-term destiny lies in united working class action and the rejection of other forms of understanding.
Wiktionary
class action

n. (context chiefly US English) A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest.

WordNet
class action

n. a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group [syn: class-action suit]

Wikipedia
Class Action

A class action is a form of lawsuit.

Class Action may also refer to:

  • Class Action (film), 1991, starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
  • Class Action (band), a garage house band
  • "Class Action" (Teenage Robot), an episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot
  • Class Action, a play by Brad Slaight
  • Class Action, a 2002 book that was the basis for the film North Country
  • Cla$$ Action, a 2005 novel by Henry Denker
Class Action (film)

Class Action is a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Michael Apted. Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star; Laurence Fishburne, Colin Friels, Fred Dalton Thompson, and Donald Moffat are also featured. The film was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Class Action (band)

Class Action and Phreek were disco and post-disco musical projects. The original Phreek comprised Christine Wiltshire, Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams, Stan Lucas, Ken Mazur and others. Class Action was directed by Larry Levan and featured Christine Wiltshire as vocalist. Both groups are best known for their club hit, "Weekend", written by James Calloway and Leroy Burgess. The 1983 version was remixed by Morales and Munzibai and Larry Levan and produced by Bob Blank and Lola Blank.

Usage examples of "class action".

And they told me they're putting together this big class action lawsuit against him and this whole bunch of doctors and this company that made the jelly if I start to lose my hair and my memory like this other lady I was scared to tell you, there's something else I was scared to tell you Christina.

Another high-profile woman caught under the harsh light of public scrutiny - and another class action defense!