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U.S. Supreme Court

Case Status

Resolved

Docket Number

Term

Cert. Denied

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Questions Presented

Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent member plaintiff based on the State’s failure to opt out of the class.

Case Updates

Case dismissed pursuant to Rule 46.1

December 18, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. petition concerning whether sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a state to a Rule 23 class settlement

August 08, 2018

Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.

Thomas R. McCarthy and William S. Consovoy of Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.

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