Lahav Complex Litigation Materials

Resource 2 . 6

half an hour

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts

Alexandra Lahav

This case addresses both the due process requirements for class members and the choice of law issues that arise in the national class action context. We will address the latter issue later in the semester, but it is good for you to familiarize yourself with it now.

Supreme Court of the United States

472 U.S. 797, 86 L. Ed. 2d 628, 105 S. Ct. 2965, SCDB 1984-143, 1985 U.S. LEXIS 104

No. 84-233

1985-06-26

This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts. Any excerpts from the Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and the Model Penal Code are copyright by The American Law Institute. Excerpts are reproduced with permission, not as part of a Creative Commons license.