Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 106th Congress : Class Action Fairness Act of 2000.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil procedure.

District courts.

Jurisdiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.

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Summary:

Summarizes and examines pros and cons of S. 353, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2000, to revise procedures governing class action lawsuits, including provisions to grant original jurisdiction, under certain conditions, to Federal district courts over interstate class actions in which any member of a proposed class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different from any defendant.

Notes:

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 106th Congress

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