Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Conor McEvily

Today?s ?petition of the day is: 

Title: Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Jackson
Docket: 10-735
Issue(s): Whether the Due Process Clause prevents state courts from employing the class-action device to eliminate fundamental substantive and procedural protections that would otherwise apply to adjudications of class members' individual claims.

Certiorari stage documents:

• Opinion below (Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Amicus brief of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
• Amicus brief of the Pacific Legal Foundation
• Amicus brief of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
• Amicus brief of the Washington Legal Foundation

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on January 18, 2011 (boomark / email).