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SCOTUS: Mississippi AG Suit is not a Removable CAFA Mass Action

Photo of Casie CollignonBy Casie Collignon on Posted in Antitrust, Class Action Fairness Act
In Mississippi ex rel. Jim Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., Case No. 12-1036 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014), the United States Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit’s decision and held that a statewide antitrust lawsuit brought by the state attorney general seeking restitution for its citizens is not a CAFA mass action and is therefore not … Continue Reading

Supreme Court to Consider CAFA’s Reach to Attorney General Suits

By Deborah Renner on Posted in Class Action Fairness Act
Editors’ Note — This post originally appeared in Rennerclassactions.com, and is reprinted by permission. The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles , a case that dealt with the extent to which plaintiffs can avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”) by pleading around it.  (See our March 20, 2013 post.)  On May … Continue Reading
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