· 11/18/2011
Lg Display Company v. Lisa Madigan
Citations
- 665 F.3d 768
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23036
- 2011 WL 5829918
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that state attorney general’s parens patriae action was not a class action under federal Class Action Fairness Act
- holding parens patriae action was not removable as a “class action” nor as a “mass action” under CAFA
- reasoning that Caldwell “did not adopt the claim-by-claim approach based on any language in CAFA itself, nor is there any such language to be found”
- parens patriae suit not a mass action because the Attorney General is the only plaintiff
- parens patriae suit not removable under CAFA despite claim for treble damages on behalf of harmed residents
- “A class action must be brought as a class action. This case was brought as a parens patriae suit[.]”
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Judges: Flaum, Williams, Tinder
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