U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Nov. 20, 2014
9th Circuit sides with drugmakers, allows suit to be moved to federal court
Plaintiffs who seek to keep their cases in California state courts received a blow Tuesday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which broadened federal jurisdiction over some mass actions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs who seek to keep their cases in California state courts received a blow Tuesday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which broadened federal jurisdiction over some mass actions.
In its published en banc decision, the 9th Circuit held that a large number of individual claims - or a "mass action" - against a drugmaker should proceed in federal court because t...
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