Number: RL31859
Title: Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 108th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2003 and 2004
Authors: Paul Starett Wallace, Jr., American Law Division 
Abstract: In 2003, the Class Action Fairness Act was reintroduced in the House and Senate after previous legislation had died in the Congress. Each billH.R. 1115, the House companion bill to S. 274has three main sections: an amendment to the federal diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1332; a provision regarding removal; and a consumer class action bill of rights.
Pages: 10
Date: August 18, 2004