Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. In advance of all-Kavanaugh all-the-time news coverage next week, we change the subject and look ahead to preview the unusual twists of an important class action case set for argument in October. Plus some polling data about the Supreme Court that may be surprising. Thanks for reading. Feedback is welcomed at [email protected] and [email protected].
Ted Frank’s First SCOTUS Oral Argument
Theodore Frank has been firing shots at so-called “cy pres” settlements—an especially controversial component of some class actions—for more than a decade. On October 31, he will take his crusade all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, lock, stock and barrel.
