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Class Action Dismissed
Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure still likely to pass |
Amanda Griscom Little |
10 Feb 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Will class-action plaintiffs still get their day in court? The Erin Brockoviches of America could have a much tougher time going after polluters if the Class Action Fairness Act -- which the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve last week -- is signed into law. The bill, which will be put to a full Senate vote today, would move most major class-acti ... |
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