Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued its third of four class action-related decisions for the October 2010 term. In Smith v. Bayer Corp., No. 09-1205, the Court held that a federal court exceeded its authority when it issued an injunction preventing a state court from considering whether to certify a class on claims in which [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anti-injunction act’
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Fairness Act, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged anti-injunction act, CAFA, claim preclusion, collateral estoppel, frcp 23, home state, issue preclusion, kagan, local controversy, relitigation exception, rule 23, scotus, smith v. bayer, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court, west virginia on June 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
More on In re Baycol Products Litigation
Posted in Class Action Decisions, tagged anti-injunction act, baycol, class certification, collateral estoppel, federalism, preclusion, preclusive, product liability, res judicata on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I posted a short note about the Eighth Circuit’s decision in In re Baycol Products Litigation. Here is a more in-depth synopsis, thanks to fellow Baker & Hostetler partner Joe Ezzi: The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court order enjoining state court plaintiffs from pursuing a class action because the district court had [...]
Eighth Circuit Upholds Federal Injunction of Putative State Court Class Action
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Federal Court Decisions, tagged anti-injunction act, class certification, collateral estoppel, federal court, federalism, preclusion, relitigation, res judicata, state court on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A colleague tipped me off today to a recent Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding a Minnesota federal district court’s order enjoining class certification proceedings in a West Virginia state court, following the federal court’s earlier denial of class certification in an action filed against the same defendant. Here’s a link to the slip opinion: In [...]

