What impact would moving all class action cases to the Feds have?

[napi21]

I'm listening to c-span and they have reps from both sides of the argument on. I guess I don't understand who's good and who's bad on this one.

One of them said most class action cases are in Fed. Court already.

[lil-petunia]

1. except in

mizzo, Illinois, georgia, texas and a few other states.

Moving it to federal court would clean up the jury pool tremendously, it would keep the good cases alive, and flush out the admittedly bad ones that ruin it for the rest of the legal system.

[DU9598]

2. Bad move

I am against trying any case in Federal Court in the 8th Circuit. I am a lawyer and BushCo has packed the federal bench with right-wing youngsters who will be around forever. Federal Court used to be the place to protect freedoms, now it is a place to protect corporations.

I heard at a conference that only 2% of civil rights/employment cases are ever successful in the 8th Cir.

Very disheartening.

[lil-petunia]

3. the 7th Circuit

has neonazis on board, too. Posner has created the largest roadblocks to employment litigation imaginable.

His taxing decisions are the worst. not only do his opinions require taxation of the entire award to the plaintiff, but the plaintiff has to pay taxes on contigent atty. fees, AND then, the attorney is taxed on the fees he/she earned! I think that the 8th adopted Posner's logic in some of this.