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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Appellate Case to Solve the Split On Removal of Attorney General Actions Under Class Action Fairness Act
Read Time: 1 minBloomberg BNA’s Class Action Litigation Report, 14 CLASS 954 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to resolve a circuit split on the removability of certain attorney general actions under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 presents an opportunity for a unified resolution. This article offers a primer on CAFA and parens patriae actions, discusses the appellate decisions on each side of the split, and predicts the outcome in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp. that relies heavily on the Court’s recent decision in Standard Fire v. Knowles. Click here to read the article.