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— June 11, 2003

This commentary from The Wall Street Journal argues in favor of the The Class Action Fairness Act, a pending federal bill that would require all large nationwide class actions to be tried in federal court, thus preventing forum shopping for “magic jurisdictions” in various states that have a tendancy toward huge awards.


This commentary from The Wall Street Journal argues in favor of the The Class Action Fairness Act, a pending federal bill that would require all large nationwide class actions to be tried in federal court, thus preventing forum shopping for “magic jurisdictions” in various states that have a tendancy toward huge awards.

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