Margaret S. Thomas

Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Professor of Law

Baton Rouge, LA

United States

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Constraining the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Through the Federalism Canons of Statutory Interpretation

16 N.Y.U. J. Leg. & Pub. Pol'y 187 (2013)
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2013
Margaret S. Thomas
Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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Erie, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federalism, Preemption

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Parens Patriae and the States' Historic Police Powers

69 SMU Law Review 759 (2016)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2017
Margaret S. Thomas
Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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class actions, complex litigation, police powers, federalism, legal history

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Constitutionalizing Class Certification

Nebraska Law Review -- 95 Neb. L. Rev. 1024 (2017)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2017
Margaret S. Thomas
Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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Class Actions, Federalism, Due Process

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Morphing Case Boundaries in Multidistrict Litigation Settlements

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 63, No. 6, 2014
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Aug 2014
Margaret S. Thomas
Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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litigation, class actions, complex litigation, multidistrict litigation, settlement

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COÛTS et AVANTAGES des DIFFERENTS TYPES d’ACTIONS CUMULÉES en DROIT AMÉRICAIN (Costs and Benefits of Different Forms of Aggregate Litigation in the United States)

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Feb 2021
Margaret S. Thomas and Alain Levasseur
Louisiana State University - Paul M. Hebert Law Center and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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litigation, mass torts, multidistrict litigation, class actions