CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1115), H5294, H5296, H5297, H5299 [12JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 269), H5278 [12JN]

Enact (S. 1751), S16217 [15DE]

Articles and editorials

Class Action—Plan Seems Less About Justice Than Helping Business, H5290 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 274), S1870 [4FE] (see S. 1751), S12737 [16OC]

Enact (H.R. 1115): consideration (see H. Res. 269), H5265 [11JN]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 1751): motion to proceed, S12887 [20OC], S13007 [22OC]

Letters

Broaden category of class action cases that would stay in State court: Senator Feinstein, H5294 [12JN]

Jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general: Gilbert G. Otero, California District Attorneys Association, H5298 [12JN]

Provisions: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H5290 [12JN]

———Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S12874 [20OC]

———Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S12876 [20OC]

———Sally Greenberg, Consumers Union, Rachel Weintraub, Consumer Federation of America, and Chris Peterson, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S12876 [20OC]

———several Democratic Senators, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S12872 [20OC]

———several environmental organizations, S12878 [20OC]

———several law professors, S12875 [20OC]

Lists

Judicial groups and State attorneys general opposing S. 1751, provisions, S12881 [20OC]

Organizations opposing S. 1751, provisions, S12880 [20OC]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1115), H5305 [12JN]

Enact (S. 1751), S12853 [17OC], S12866 [20OC]

Remarks in House

Courts: broaden category of class action cases that would stay in State court, H5287, H5291, H5294-H5296 [12JN]

———change effective date and repeal mandatory appeal of class action certification orders, H5305, H5306 [12JN]

———jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H5297-H5299 [12JN]

———prevent domestic corporations from escaping liability from class action lawsuits through repatriation or merging with a foreign corporation, H5296, H5297 [12JN]

Enact (H.R. 1115), H5097 [10JN], H5281-H5307, H5348 [12JN], E1281 [17JN]

———amendment process, H5031 [5JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 269), H5271-H5280 [12JN]

———motion to recommit, H5305, H5306 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (S. 274), S1873, S1876 [4FE], S12421-S12424 [3OC], S12960 [21OC]

———unanimous-consent request, S12853 [17OC]

Enact (S. 1751), S12759 [16OC], S12852 [17OC], S16102 [9DE], S16217 [15DE]

———motion to proceed, S12866-S12887 [20OC], S12911, S12950-S12955, S12957-S12963 [21OC], S12987, S12994, S12996, S12998-S13011, S13061 [22OC]

———unanimous-consent request, S12853 [17OC], S12887 [20OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1115, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 108-148), H5265 [11JN]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1115) (H. Rept. 108-144), H5088 [9JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 274), S7188 [2JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 274) (S. Rept. 108-123), S10616 [31JY]

Summaries

Provisions (S. 1751): Changes, S16102 [9DE], S16220 [15DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 269, consideration of H.R. 1115, provisions, H5271 [12JN]

H.R. 1115, provisions, H5292-H5294 [12JN]

S. 274, provisions, S1874-S1876 [4FE]

S. 1751, provisions, S16217-S16220 [15DE]