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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation

May 29, 2019

Split high court limits counterclaim defendant’s ability to remove class action to federal court

A split U.S. Supreme Court limited some defendants’ ability to remove class actions to federal court.

A split U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday to limit a third party counterclaim defendant's ability to remove class actions to federal court.

Justice Clarence Thomas broke from his conservative colleagues in Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. v. Jackson, 2019 DJDAR 4505 (U.S. May 28, 2019), writing the majority opinion in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...

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