Henry Schein, Inc. v. Stromboe

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, Justice ' JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.

Under Rule 42(b)(4) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the district court certified a nationwide class of some 20,000 purchasers of three dental practice management software products. There are members of this class in all fifty states. The five named plaintiffs and their counsel allege that the software was defective and was sold under false pretenses on which buyers relied. Some of the causes of action they assert are breach of contract, breach of express and implied warranties, fraudulent…