Class actions and other multi-party litigation in a nutshell /
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| Author / Creator: | Klonoff, Robert H. |
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2007. |
| Description: | xliii, 443 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | West nutshell series Nutshell series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6250292 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Evolution and overview of federal court class actions
- Class certification requirements: threshold requirements and rule 23(a)
- Class certification requirements: rule 23(b)
- Litigating a class action
- Notice, opt-out rights, and communications with class members
- Multi-jurisdictional and state court class actions
- Constitutional and procedural issues
- Settlements, remedies, and attorneys' fees
- Appellate review
- Special focus on mass tort, employment discrimination, and securities fraud class actions
- Defendant class actions, derivative suits, and suits involving unincorporated associations
- Ethical and policy issues in class actions
- Non-class aggregation devices under the federal rules of civil procedure
- Other aggregation and coordination devices in federal practice.