Cordis Corp. v. Barber

Whether, when hundreds of plaintiffs from around the country file their cases in a single state court, propose to consolidate those cases for legal and evidentiary rulings, and hold bellwether trials that may bind defendants through issue preclusion, the case is a removable "mass action" pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(11), which grants defendants a right to remove a "mass action" from state to federal court; or whether defendants' right to remove can be defeated by plaintiffs' election not to be so bound.