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IN RE ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.

Nos. 12-8020, 12-8021, 12-8022, 12-8023, 12-8024, 12-8025, 12-8026, 12-8027.

698 F.3d 568 (2012)

In re ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., Petitioner. In re Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Hurst (submitted), Kathleen B. Barry , Attorneys, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Michael W. Rathsack , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondents.

Before KANNE, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

The parties petition us to resolve two conflicting district court decisions and decide whether a motion to consolidate and transfer related state court cases to one circuit court through trial constitutes a proposal to try the cases jointly, thus triggering the "mass action" provision of the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(11)(B)(i). We grant the petitions for review in order to resolve the differing approaches by...

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