Litigation Publication: Class Action Newsletter
5/15/2003
This issue of the Class Action Newsletter discusses in detail the Agent Orange settlement case pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, in which veterans are seeking leave to bring a collateral attack against the original class action settlement. Also discussed in some detail is the Vermont Supreme Court decision determining that absent class members who are residents of Vermont are not bound by a settlement approved by an Alabama court.
Numerous other matters are also highlighted, including decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit, Seventh Circuit and various state courts dealing with antitrust class action, employment discrimination, multi-district litigation, tobacco class action, and securities class action.
