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title: Unresolved Questions in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Class Arbitration Ruling in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International
date: 2010-07-13T00:00:00-04:00
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# Unresolved Questions in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Class Arbitration Ruling in Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds International

  July 13, 2010

*BNAs Class Action Litigation Reporter*

 

 

 

 

 

 

The article focuses on the Supreme Court’s decision in *Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds Int’l.*, which ruled on when class action procedures can be used in arbitration. The article discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissenting opinion which could, according to partner [Bob Crotty](/Our-People/Robert-E-Crotty), ​“eviscerate the majority opinion because class action arbitration arises most often in consumer transactions and employment contexts, areas Ginsburg presumably referred to as ​‘contracts of adhesion.’” The author also examined *Carnegie v. Household International, Inc*. and the differences between a settlement class and a litigation class.

 

 

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