mass action
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
As used in subparagraph (A), the term “mass action” means any civil action (except a civil action within the scope of section 1711(2)) in which monetary relief claims of 100 or more persons are proposed to be tried jointly on the ground that the plaintiffs’ claims involve common questions of law or fact, except that jurisdiction shall exist only over those plaintiffs whose claims in a mass action satisfy the jurisdictional amount requirements under subsection (a).
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- 201328 U.S.C. § 1332Judiciary and Judicial Procedure · Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs · for the purposes of this section
(i) As used in subparagraph (A), the term "mass action" means any civil action (except a civil action within the scope of section 1711(2)) in which monetary relief claims of 100 or more persons are proposed to be tried jointly on the ground that the plaintiffs' claims involve common questions of law or fact, except that jurisdiction shall exist only over those plaintiffs whose claims in a mass action satisfy the jurisdictional amount requirements under subsection (a).
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- 2005–present28 U.S.C. § 1332Judiciary and Judicial Procedure · Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs · for the purposes of this section