U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Apr. 24, 2013
Imaginary rulings at the US high court
The high court's decision in Genesis Health Care is part of larger trend - a trend to limit procedural rights so that group action is unfeasible.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC
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Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
Tort reformers rejoice. The U.S. Supreme Court, unsatisfied with taking rights away from average citizens, is set in its next term to take up cases involving Puff the Magic Dragon's claim against Jackie Paper for abandonment and the grazing rights of unicorns on federal lands. What do these cases have in common? They deal with imaginary issues. And imaginary issues seem to be all the rage in front of the high court these days. In the first words of Elena Kagan's dissent in Genesis Hea...
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