UMKC Law Review Publishes Symposium Issue on Class Actions

NOTE: The earlier post regarding this Symposium neglected to mention the valuable contributions of Samuel Issacharoff and Geoffrey Miller this volume. This revised posting includes a listing of their articles appearing in the Symposium. The prior post also neglected to attribute authorship of the Introduction to Professor Klonoff, the organizer of the Symposium:

The UMKC Law Review has just published a Symposium on class actions commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts. The Introduction to the Symposium by Robert H. Klonoff can be found at 74 UMKC L. Rev. 487 (2006). The Symposium includes the following contributions from an outstanding group of leading scholars in the field:

Arthur R. Miller, RELIVING AND REFLECTING ON SHUTTS, 74 UMKCLR 505

Debra Lyn Bassett, THE DEFENDANT'S OBLIGATION TO ENSURE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION IN CLASS ACTIONS, 74 UMKCLR 511

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, THE MANAGEABLE NATIONWIDE CLASS: A CHOICE-OF-LAW LEGACY OF PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. V. SHUTTS, 74 UMKCLR 543

Edward H. Cooper, REWRITING SHUTTS FOR FUN, NOT TO PROFIT 74 UMKCLR 569

Deborah R. Hensler, BRINGING SHUTTS INTO THE FUTURE: RETHINKING PROTECTION OF FUTURE CLAIMANTS IN MASS TORT CLASS ACTIONS, 74 UMKCLR 585

Samuel Issacharoff, GETTING BEYOND KANSAS, 74 UMKCLR 613

Francis E. McGovern, A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT RULE FOR MASS TORTS, 74 UMKCLR 623

Geoffrey P. Miller, RETHINKING CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE IN OPT-OUT CLASS ACTIONS, 74 UMKCLR 637

Linda S. Mullenix, GRIDLAW: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. V. SHUTTS, 74 UMKCLR 651

Richard A. Nagareda, BOOTSTRAPPING IN CHOICE OF LAW AFTER THE CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT, 74 UMKCLR 661

Lee H. Rosenthal, BACK IN THE COURT'S COURT 74 UMKCLR 687

William B. Rubenstein, WHY ENABLE LITIGATION?: A POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES THEORY OF THE SMALL CLAIMS CLASS ACTION, 74 UMKCLR 709

Brian Wolfman & Alan B. Morrison, WHAT THE SHUTTS OPT-OUT RIGHT IS AND WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE, 74 UMKCLR 729

Patrick Woolley, SHUTTS AND THE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION REQUIREMENT, 74 UMKCLR 765

Stephen C. Yeazell, OVERHEARING PART OF A CONVERSATION: SHUTTS AS A MOMENT IN A LONG DIALOGUE, 74 UMKCLR 779