HR 1875 · 106th Congress · Law

Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999

Introduced 1999-05-19· Sponsored by Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]· House

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Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.(1999-11-19)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1999-09-23
Roll #443
Yea 222Nay 207
Democrats
18 Yea·191 Nay
Republicans
204 Yea·15 Nay
PassedHouse · 1999-09-23
Roll #443
Yea 222Nay 207
Democrats
18 Yea·191 Nay
Republicans
204 Yea·15 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999 - Grants the district courts original jurisdiction of any civil action which is brought as a class action in which any member of a proposed plaintiff class is: (1) a citizen of a State different from any defendant; (2) a foreign state and any defendant is a citizen of a State; or (3) a citizen of a State and any defendant is a citizen or subject of a foreign state. Prohibits the district courts from exercising jurisdiction over such a civil action if the action is an intrastate case, a limited scope case, or a State action case. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to any claim concerning a covered security. Provides that, for purposes of a determination of diversity of citizenship, a member of a proposed class shall be deemed to be a citizen of a State different from a defendant corporation only if that member is a citizen of a State different from all States of which the defendant corporation is deemed a citizen. (Sec. 4) Allows a class action to be removed to a U.S. district court, except that such action may be removed by: (1) any defendant without the consent of all defendants; or (2) any plaintiff class member who is not a named…

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H.R. 1875, Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999

Aug 18, 1999

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Cosponsors (20)

2 Democrats18 Republicans