Don't Make A Federal Case Out Of It: High Court Should Grant Review In No-Injury Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court this week has a chance to strike a blow for judicial modesty and at the same time call a halt to a disturbing trend being pushed by the plaintiffs’ bar:  class-action lawsuits in which no one was injured but that seek millions of dollars in “damages.”  The Court is being asked, in the case of First National Bank of Wahoo v. Charvat, to consider whether federal courts possess jurisdiction to hear such no-injury lawsuits.  The Court should accept the invitation and ...