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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Case Status

Decided

Docket Number

14500-B

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Petition for writ of mandamus denied

September 08, 2005

U.S. Chamber addresses class certification and right to a jury trial

August 25, 2005

Concerned about the district court’s end-run around the procedural requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the NCLC requested the 11th Circuit to grant a writ of mandamus and order the district court to safeguard the defendant’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and to comply with the requirement that class actions certified under Rule 23(b)(2) be restricted to injunctive relief only.

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