Class-Action Lawsuits
Federal Rules and Procedures
For purposes of original and removal jurisdiction, the basic definition for the term “class action” is “any civil action filed in a district court of the United States under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any civil action that is removed to a district court of the United States that was originally filed under a State statute or rule of judicial procedure authorizing an action to be brought by 1 or more representatives as a class action.” The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 provides that a “mass action shall [also] be deemed to be a…
