class action

Class Action may refer to:

• Class action, a form of lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court
• Class Action (film), a 1991 film starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
• Class Action (band), a garage house band that covered a disco song by Phreek
• "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

A class action, class suit, or representative action is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon, but several European countries with civil law, have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers.