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Federal Court Intervention in a Party-Nomination Dispute

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

March 23, 2023

Hinkleman v. New York State Board of Elections (David N. Hurd, N.D.N.Y. 5:08-cv-207)
The district judge declined to resolve an intraparty dispute over who would be the party’s nominee in a special legislative election.

Preclearance of a State Supreme-Court Decision That Provisional Ballots Have to Be Cast in the Correct Precinct

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

March 17, 2023

Kindley v. Bartlett (Terrence W. Boyle, E.D.N.C. 5:05-cv-177)

Managing Related Proposed Class Actions in Multidistrict Litigation

Catherine R. Borden

May 31, 2018

This pocket guide is designed for transferee judges managing MDL proceedings that involve multiple, related class actions.

Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History, Volume III: 1939–2005

Jake Kobrick, Daniel S. Holt

January 5, 2018

The concluding volume of the series covers debates concerning structural changes to the federal courts, including the creation of the U.S. magistrate and U.S.

Securities Litigation

Jayme J. Herschkopf

June 28, 2017

This guide is designed to offer judges an introduction to the law and practice of securities litigation. It provides an overview of the types of legal and practical issues judges may confront in litigation arising under the securities laws, and, where possible, offers suggestions.

Study of Class Action Objector Appeals in the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals: Report to the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Marie Leary

October 1, 2013

This report to the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules focused on class action objector appeals filed in the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits from settlements approved by the district courts in class actions filed after January 1, 2008.

Federal Securities Law, Third Edition

Thomas Lee Hazen

January 1, 2011

The author examines the statutory framework for the issues that federal judges are most likely to encounter in federal securities litigation. The third edition updates case law, including recent Supreme Court cases as well as circuit splits.

California Guidelines for Motions for Preliminary and Final Approval of Class Settlement (with comments referencing authorities) Draft, May 3, 2010

May 3, 2010

This California Superior Court document is made available on the Federal Judicial Center website at the request of the authors of Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition,

Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 2010

This pocket guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class action cases filed in or removed to federal courts as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA).

Judges' Class Action Notice and Claims Process Checklist and Plain Language Guide