IKEA ZIP Code Collection Case Wrongly Denied Class Status

IKEA US Retail LLC will have to face revived class claims that it violated California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act by asking for ZIP codes to complete credit card transactions, a California appeals court said Dec. 19.

The long-running case was first filed in federal court where it was certified as a class action in 2012 and decertified in 2014. It was dismissed after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016 standing decision.

The consumers refiled in state court in California, which has different standing requirements. The state trial court denied class certification in 2018, finding the plaintiffs couldn’t show how to ...