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92 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/addendum5 and id is 1 raw text is: CITE AS 92 N.C. L. REV. ADDENDUM 1 THE SUPREME COURT, CAFA, AND PARENS PATRIAE ACTIONS: WILL IT BE PRINCIPLES OR BIASES?* DONALD G. GIFFORD AND WILLIAM L. REYNOLDS* INTRODUCTION.............. 1 I. THE BURGEONING IMPORTANCE OF PARENSPATRIAE STANDING..... 3 II. HOOD V. AU OPTRONIcs: THE CASE BELOW... ................ 4 III. COMPETING APPROACHES TO STATUTORY INTERPRETATION........... 7 A. Textualism ....................7.... ............7 B. The Purposive Approach. ........................... 9 IV. INTERPRETING THE CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT . .............. 9 A. Textual Analysis ....................... .......... 9 1. Class Action. ................................ 9 2. Mass Action......................... 10 B. Implicit Purposivism Prevails (Surprisingly) in Hood .......... 13 C. Examining CAFA's Purpose and Legislative History............ 13 CONCLUSION .................................................... 15 INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.' provides a unique opportunity to test whether the individual Justices will follow their previously articulated principles of statutory interpretation or instead will ignore these principles in order to reach a result reflecting their respective pro-business or pro-consumer biases. The issue before the Court in Hood is whether the defendant manufacturers can remove a parens patriae action2 alleging price-fixing * 0 2013 Donald G. Gifford and William L. Reynolds. ** Edward M. Robertson Research Professor of Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law. J.D., Harvard Law School, 1976. We thank Jane Kalinina and Laura Koman for their research and editorial assistance. *** Jacob A. France Professor of Judicial Process, University of Maryland Carey School of Law. J.D., Harvard Law School, 1970. 1. 701 F.3d 796 (5th Cir. 2012), cert. granted, 133 S. Ct. 2736 (2013). 2. Parenspatriae, a Latin phrase, is roughly translated as parent of the country. Alfred L. Snapp & Son v. Puerto Rico, 458 U.S. 592, 600 (1982). It now describes a type of standing given to a state government to sue to protect the health and welfare of its citizens. Id. at 607; see also infra notes 11-12 and accompanying text.