Class Actions and Other Multiparty Litigation, Cases, and Materials

Casebook includes coverage of groundbreaking cases involving Agent Orange, breast implants, tobacco, and contraceptive devices. In addition to class actions, the text addresses joinder, consolidation, intervention, impleader, interpleader, multidistrict litigation, and bankruptcy. This volume deals with: class certification; litigating a class action; notice of class certification, “opt-out” rights, and communications with class members; multi-jurisdictional class actions; civil procedure doctrines with special class action implications; resolution of class actions; appellate review; mass tort, employment discrimination, and securities fraud class actions; defendant class actions, derivative suits, and suits involving unincorporated associations; and non-class aggregation devices.