Organizational Statements, Changing Class Action Law so that
More Cases are Heard in Federal Court
This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from
the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups
involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization
concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found
in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our
cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below
each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information.
Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated
or changed its website.
External Links to:
Internal Archive for the Chubb Corporation, downloaded on 10/31/01:
Internal Archive for the American Electronics Association, downloaded on
11/01/01:
Internal Archive for the National Association of Manufacturers, downloaded
on 11/02/01:
Internal Archive for Proctor & Gamble, downloaded on 11/2/01:
Internal Archive for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, downloaded
on 11/7/01:
Internal Archive for the American Insurance Association, downloaded on 11/07/01:
Internal Archive for Quinn, Gillespie, and Associates, downloaded on 11/10/01:
Internal Archive for the Business Roundtable, downloaded on 11/10/01:
Internal Archive for Patton Boggs, LLP, downloaded on 11/13/01:
Internal Archive for the American Tort Reform Association, downloaded on
11/13/01:
Internal Archive for Citizens for a Sound Economy, downloaded on 11/19/01:
Internal Archive for the Insurance Research Council, downloaded on 11/20/01:
Internal Archive for the National Federation of Independent Business, downloaded
on 11/28/01:
Internal Archive for O'Melveny and
Myers, downloaded on 11/28/01:
Internal Archive for Public Citizen, downloaded on 12/07/01:
- Class
Action Bills HR 1875/S.353: More Unwarranted Advantages for HMOs (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/hmocases.htm)
- Class
Action Bills HR 1875/S.353: Making Food Unsafe (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/foodsafety.htm)
- Class
Action Bills HR 1875/S.353: Protecting Companies that Defraud Consumers
(http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/consumerfraud.htm)
- The
Class Action "Fairness" Act (S.353): Fairness for Whom? (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/s353fact.htm)
- The
Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act (HR.1875): Thwarting Consumer Protection
(http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/hr1875fact.htm)
- The
Corporate Lobbying Campaign in Favor of the Class Action Bills (H.R. 1875/S.
353) (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/lobbying.htm)
- State
Class Action Suits that Could Be Adversely Affected by S.353/HR.1875 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/cases.htm)
- List
of Organizations Opposed to S.353 and HR.1875 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/opponents.htm)
- List
of State Attorneys General Opposed to the House and Senate Class Action Bills
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/attgenopps.htm
- Side
by Side Comparison of House and Senate Class Action Bills (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/Sideby2.htm)
- Removing
State Class Actions To Federal Courts: Are Federal Courts Really Superior?
(http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/fedcourts.htm)
- Myth
vs. Reality: HR.1875 & S.353: Class Action Bills (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/myths.htm)
- Alabama's
State Class Action System: Is There A Reason For Federal Preemption or Can
The State Manage Its Own Judicial System? (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/alafact.htm)
- Clogging
the Federal Courts: Recent Comments by Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Implications
of Proposed Class Action Legislation (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/factshts/clogging.htm)
- Victory-of
Sorts - on the Class Action Bill; Statement of Joan Claybrook (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/press/hsevote.htm)
- Letter
to the Senate Judiciary Committee from Consumers Union Opposing S.353, the
Class Action "Fairness" Act (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/conunion.htm)
- Letter
to Senators Hatch and Leahy from Environmental Organizations Opposed to S.
353, the Class Action "Fairness" Act (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/enviro62100.htm)
- Letter
to Senator Leahy from the U.S. Department of Justice Expressing the D.O.J.'s
Opposition to S. 353 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/doj6900.htm)
- Letter
to Members of the U.S. Senate from Joan Claybrook and Frank Clemente Urging
Opposition to S. 353 and H.R. 1875 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/fullsenate60200.htm)
- Letter
to the Senate from Consumer Federation of America and the Government Accountability
Project Opposing S. 353 and H.R. 1875, a Threat to Food Safety (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/foodsafety.htm)
- Letter
to the Senate From Tobacco Control Organizations Urging Opposition to S. 353
and H.R. 1875 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/tobacco3.htm)
- Letter
from SAVE LIVES NOT TOBACCO: The Coalition For Accountability Opposing S.
353, the Class Action "Fairness" Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/slnt2.html)
- Letter
to the Senate from UNITE and SEIU Opposing S. 353, the Class Action "Fairness"
Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/union.htm)
- Letter
to the Senate from Civil Rights Organizations Opposed to S. 353, the Class
Action "Fairness" Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/civrights62899.htm)
- Letter
from a Coalition of Organizations Opposed to S.353, the Class Action "Fairness"
Act (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/353coal2.html)
- Letter
from a Coalition of National Health Groups Opposing S. 353, the Class Action
"Fairness" Act (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/health2.html)
- Letter
from SAVE LIVES NOT TOBACCO: The Coalition For Accountability Opposing H.R.1875,
the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/slnt1875-2.htm
- Letter
to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Joan Claybrook and Frank
Clemente Urging Opposition to H.R. 1875
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/1875flhse.htm
- Letter
from a Coalition of National and State Anti-Tobacco Organizations Opposed
to H.R. 1875, the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/tobacco1875.htm
- Letter
to Members of the House Judiciary Committee from Joan Claybrook and Frank
Clemente Urging Opposition to H.R. 1875, the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction
Act (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/1875ltr1.htm)
- Letter
from SAVE LIVES NOT TOBACCO: The Coalition For Accountability Opposing H.R.1875,
the Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/slnt51299.htm
- Letter
From a Coalition of Organizations Opposed to H.R. 1875, the Interstate Class
Action Jurisdiction Act
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/1875coal.htm
- Letter
to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee From National Health Organizations
Opposing Federal Class Action Legislation (http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/classaction/letters/health7999.htm)
Internal Archive for the Consumer Federation of America, downloaded on 2/7/01:
Internal Archive for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, downloaded on 2/9/01:
Internal Archive for the Lawyers for Civil Justice, downloaded on 11/12/01:
Internal Archive for Hawthorne and York, downloaded on 11/13/01:
Internal Archive for the Conference of Chief Justices, downloaded on 2/7/01: