A federal court on Monday dismissed a class-action lawsuit over textbook prices that was filed by two students at Daytona Beach Community College, according to Westlaw, a legal-research clearinghouse.

In November 2006, the students sued the college and Follett Higher Education Group, the nation’s largest collegiate-bookstore chain, seeking to recover at least $5-million in damages because of what they alleged were overcharges by Follett on sales of used textbooks and underpayment for buybacks of used textbooks. The students sought class-action status for the case, on behalf of students on other campuses where Follett runs bookstores.

According to Westlaw, the U.S. District Court in Orlando, Fla., concluded that the case lacked “predominance of common issues of law, as required for certification of the nationwide class.” One issue in the case was that the students were nonresidents, and would need to prove the application of consumer-protection laws in each state where book purchases were made and damages were suffered. Furthermore, the court ruled, the students had not proved they had incurred sufficient damages to warrant the amount they were seeking in restitution. —Elizabeth F. Farrell