California Supreme Court
May 30, 2009
Point: Class Action Satisfaction
The California Supreme Court's decision in In re Tobacco II Cases destroys Proposition 64 even as it purports to implement it, write Jones Day lawyers Jeffrey LeVee, Christopher Lovrien and Michael Tunick.
Jeffrey A. LeVee
Partner, Jones Day
Antitrust
555 S Flower St Fl 50
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 243-2572
Fax: (213) 243-2539
Email: jlevee@jonesday.com
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Christopher J. Lovrien
Partner, Jones Day
Email: cjlovrien@jonesday.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
Christopher is a business litigator who serves as partner-in-charge of Jones Day's California Region.
The California Supreme Court's decision in In re Tobacco II Cases destroys Proposition 64 even as it purports to implement it. The 4-3 decision potentially permits plaintiffs who have not suffered injury to band together with thousands of uninjured class members to seek monetary restitution and injunctive relief provided they can find just one plaintiff who actually was injured to serve as the named class plaintiff. The plaintiffs' bar is ecstatic. But for the rest of us in this s...
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