Legal Opinion
Peters v. Blockbuster, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 4, 2001No. 09-01-172 CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.
This appeal involves one of many pending dueling class actions against Blockbuster, Inc. All the class actions relate to Blockbuster’s charging of fees for rental items. The plaintiffs, Kim Ann Scott and Malia Knight, and Blockbuster settled the case below and the trial court certified a class for settlement purposes. Appellants, Brian Peters, Scott Crutchfield, Ivan Mickey Holtzman, Cherie Robinson, and Sher-ita Harrison are unnamed members of the proposed class. In general they claim on appeal that this class should be decertified because of claimed…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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