Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second decision construing the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”) in Mississippi ex. rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., No. 12-1036 (slip opinion). In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor (for whom I was a law student intern years ago when she was
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Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp.: Oral Argument in U.S. Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in its second case involving the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), which is Mississippi ex. rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., No. 12-1036 (see oral argument transcript; SCOTUSblog page). The question presented is “Whether a state’s parens patriae action is removable as a ‘mass …
Supreme Court To Decide Whether State Attorney General’s Parens Patriae Action Is A “Mass Action” Under the Class Action Fairness Act
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Next Term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether, or under what circumstances, a lawsuit brought by a state attorney general as a parens patriae action is removable as a “mass action” under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). This week the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.…