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80 Tul. L. Rev. 1593 (2005-2006)
Class Actions after the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

handle is hein.journals/tulr80 and id is 1615 raw text is: Class Actions After the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 Edward E Sherman* I. EXPANSION OF FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION ........................ 1595 A. Home StateException .................................................. 1597 B. Local ControveisyExcepton ....................................... 1600 C Discretionaiy Jursdction ................................................ 1602 II. SUPPLEMENTARY JURISDICTION AFTER EXXON V A LLAPAiTAH .............................................................................. 1603 III. EXPANDED REMOVAL ................................................................. 1604 IV DISCRETIONARY APPELLATE REvIEw ........................................ 1605 V THE COMMENCEMENT PROBLEM .............................................. 1606 VI. PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF CAFA JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES ON MULTISTATE CLASS ACTIONS .............................. 1606 A. Likely Reduction in the Number ofMultistate Class A ctions .............................................................................. 1606 B. Federal Courts as the Only Game in Town ............ 1608 C Divisions Between Federal Couts on Class Certification Issues ........................................................... 1609 D. Choice ofLaw in Multistate Class Actions ..................... 1610 VII. IMPACT OF BILL OF RIGHTS PROVISIONS AS TO SETTLEMENT .............................................................................. 1614 A . Settlem ents ....................................................................... 1614 B. N otice to Officials ............................................................ 1615 VIII C ONCLUSION .............................................................................. 1615 The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA)' is the most significant change in class action practice since the federal class action rule (Rule 23) was amended in 1966. That amendment created two new class action categories: a Rule 23(b)(2) class action for injunctive or declaratory relief against defendants who had acted on grounds * Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law. S.J.D. 1981, LL.B. 1962, Harvard Law School; M.A. 1962, 1967, University of Texas; A.B. 1959, Georgetown University. 1. Pub. L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005) (to be codified in scattered sections of 28 US.C.). 1593

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