U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 24, 2014
9th Circuit mass action view remains intact
The justices' unanimous ruling on a mass action circuit split reinforces the 9th Circuit's rule. By John A. Vogt and Ann T. Rossum
With a unanimous ruling in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. Optronics Corp. et al., 2014 DJDAR 438 (Jan. 14), the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and concluded that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) does not provide federal jurisdiction for a parens patriae suit as a mass action. This decision reinforces the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' present view, articulated in Nevada v. Bank of America, 672...
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