Ruling: TJX No Longer A Federal Case
Written by Evan SchumanDecember 12th, 2007
The federal judge overseeing the TJX cases in effect fired himself as TJX judge on Tuesday and ordered the case out of federal court and into Massachusetts state court.
The move, which had been expected ever since U.S. District Court Judge William Young ruled that the case shouldn't be considered a class-action, will mean a different set of rules for the few financial entities that decide to pursue the case anew.
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