CLASS ACTION CASES

CASE NAME	DESCRIPTION OF CLAIMS	STATUS	NOTES
Kornhaas, et al. v. State of Oklahoma, et al.	Plaintiffs are non-minority contractors and suppliers of the state of Oklahoma who claim they were denied equal protection by Oklahoma's minority preference purchasing statute which gave a 5% price advantage to minorities	The Court granted summary judgment on the issue of the statute's unconstitutionality; two separate classes have been certified.	Plaintiffs sought injunctive relief (enjoining enforcement of the Act), which has been granted; plaintiffs currently seek monetary damages for lost contracts and compromised profits. Plaintiffs' incurred multi-million-dollar damages.
White v. Diamond Shamrock Refining, Northwest Insulation	Plaintiff claims that his vehicle and those of his co-workers were oversprayed with paint in the parking lot of Diamond Shamrock's Dumas, Texas refinery by Northwest Insulation.	Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied; class certification motion to be filed.	Defendants have admitted that there was paint overspray, but they contend that Plaintiffs cannot establish which of the two paint contractors on site at the time was responsible
Homburg v. AT&T	Plaintiff claimed that AT&T breached its cellular telephone service contract with him after it acquired Cellular One in Oklahoma.	Confidential settlement entered.
Condit, et al. v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, et al.	Plaintiffs are generally non-minority students who claim that their rights to equal protection were denied by Defendants' race, ethnicity and gender-conscious scholarship program known as the Regents Academic Scholarship.	Defendants' Motion to Dismiss was denied by the Court on May 3, 2001; Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification is pending; Plaintiffs plan to file a motion for summary judgment on or before September 10, 2001	There may be as many as 6,000 members of the proposed class, each with upwards of $30,000; thus, total damages may exceed $150,000,000.
Pollard v. State of Oklahoma	Similar allegations to Condit plaintiffs	Defendants paid the 15 persons in the agreed class $340,000 in the spring of 2000.	Limited class certified by agreement; remaining persons claims prosecuted in Condit litigation.