The United States District Court for the District of Maine significantly restricted the ability of plaintiffs to pursue by class action, claims arising from a data breach. On May 12, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine dismissed the majority of class action claims brought against Hannaford Brothers, Co., a Maine-based grocery store chain, for breaches of consumers’ credit-card data at various locations of Hannaford stores throughout New England and Florida.  In dismissing the majority of the claims, the court allowed a limited number of negligence-based claims to move forward, provided that the plaintiffs could demonstrate actual damages.