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Fiat Lux: Tracing A Standard of Review for Class Certification Orders
THE JOURNAL OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND Process (2017)
  • Curtis E.A. Karnow
Abstract
 An historical investigation of California’s  standards of review  of class certification orders, together with an analysis of the standard and its implications for the practical work of trial judges and lawyers litigating class actions. The article concludes by emphasizing the role of the trial plan in certification motions.
Keywords
  • class,
  • certification,
  • appellate,
  • review,
  • “trial plan”
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Curtis E.A. Karnow. "Fiat Lux: Tracing A Standard of Review for Class Certification Orders" THE JOURNAL OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND Process Vol. 17 Iss. 2 (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/curtis_karnow/28/