Class actions and other multi-party litigation in a nutshell
By: by Robert H. Klonoff, Dean and Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: West nutshell series
Publisher: West; West Academic Publishing; Brand: West
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780314910974
Subjects: Class actions (Civil procedure)
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Evolution and overview of federal court class actions; title: Class certification requirements : threshold requirements and rule 23(a); title: Class certification requirements : rule 23(b); title: Litigating a class action; title: Notice, opt-out rights, and communications with class members; title: Multi-jurisdictional and state court class actions; title: Constitutional and procedural issues; title: Class action settlements, remedies, and attorneys' fees; title: Appellate review; title: Special focus on mass tort, employment discrimination, and securities fraud class actions; title: Defendant class actions, derivative suits, and suits involving unincorporated associations; title: Ethical and policy issues in class actions; title: Non-class aggregation devices under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; title: Other aggregation and coordination devices in federal practice.