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1983

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Civil Procedure: A Review Of The Published Opinions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit For The 1981-82 Term, 59 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 475 (1983), Edward B. Arnolds, Allen R. Kamp Jan 1983

Civil Procedure: A Review Of The Published Opinions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit For The 1981-82 Term, 59 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 475 (1983), Edward B. Arnolds, Allen R. Kamp

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Civil Procedure In The Class Action Mode, 19 Wake Forest L. Rev. 401 (1983), Allen R. Kamp Jan 1983

Civil Procedure In The Class Action Mode, 19 Wake Forest L. Rev. 401 (1983), Allen R. Kamp

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There is a growing movement in the federal courts to redress the grievances of groups, rather than individuals. This movement has resulted in an increasing number of class action suits which has necessitated the emergence of two parallel sets of procedural rules; one for class actions and the other for the traditional, individual suit.

A look at class action procedure as a whole discloses a host of peculiar procedural consequences that occur when adversaries enter into class action litigation. The rules differ from those in non-class actions in such areas as mootness, standing, exhaustion of administrative remedies, subject matter jurisdiction, …