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Publication Date: July 2002
Publisher: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Center for Legal Policy
Author(s): John H. Beisner; Jessica Davidson Miller
Research Area: Government; Law and ethics
Keywords: class action magnet courts; Madison County, Illinois; class action
Type: Report
Coverage: United States Illinois
Abstract:
A report released today by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research finds that plaintiff's lawyers are bringing national class action suits in hospitable state courts, allowing those lawyers and a mere handful of state judges to set business practices for the entire country.