A bankruptcy judge has refused to certify a class action and has dismissed claims alleging that the former General Motors Corp. aided and abetted the racist apartheid regime in South Africa.
Southern District Judge Robert E. Gerber said that Second Circuit precedent, the uniqueness of individual claims and the fact that the bankruptcy court was ill-suited to entertain litigation over apartheid required that he deny certification and dismiss the claims.
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