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- Title: Our Class Action Federalism: Erie and the Rules Enabling Act After Shady Grove.
- Author : Notre Dame Law Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 387 KB
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INTRODUCTION "Our Federalism," as Justice Black described it, "is a system in which there is sensitivity to the legitimate interests of both State and National Governments." (1) During the first decade of the twenty-first century, class action litigation has been a significant and contentious aspect of Our Federalism. At first, the focus was which forum--state court or federal court--was better suited to adjudicate high-stakes class actions. This was the principal subject of the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, which expanded federal diversity jurisdiction to encompass a wider range of class actions, even when the class's claims arise exclusively under state law. (2)