Supreme Court Remands Google Cy Pres Case to Lower Court
The Supreme Court vacated and remanded a lower court’s decision upholding Google’s $8.5 million privacy settlement directed to charitable and academic organizations instead of alleged victims (see 1810310043). In an unsigned per curiam opinion Wednesday that didn't address the legality…
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of cy pres settlements, the high court said the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should decide whether plaintiffs have standing to sue in light of Spokeo v. Robins. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, saying he would have reversed the settlement in the Stored Communications Act case because the class members received no benefit. The plaintiffs had standing because they were “seeking to vindicate a private right,” he wrote.