WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court must decide whether a state's parens patriae lawsuit may be removed to federal court as a "mass action" under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) because of conflicting rulings in various federal circuit courts, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood argues in petition for writ of certiorari filed with the U.S. high court on Feb. 19 (State of Mississippi, ex rel. Jim Hood, Attorney General v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., No. 12-1036, U.S. Sup...(read more)
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