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Fourth Circuit Grants Mandamus Holding That Express Scripts Is Entitled to a Jury Trial on a Government Action for Public Nuisance That Seeks to Create an “Abatement Fund”

In In re Express Scripts, Inc., No. 25-2281 (4th Cir. May 15, 2026), the Fourth Circuit grants mandamus to direct that defendant Express Scripts get a jury trial in a public nuisance lawsuit, because at least one remedy sought—an abatement fund for drug rehabilitation—is a classically legal remedy, covered by the Seventh Amendment. “In thisContinue reading “Fourth Circuit Grants Mandamus Holding That Express Scripts Is Entitled to a Jury Trial on a Government Action for Public Nuisance That Seeks to Create an “Abatement Fund””

Parties’ Mutual Mistake about Legal Basis of Restitutionary Remedy Did Not Overcome Express Waiver of Seventh Amendment Jury Right, Holds Ninth Circuit

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. CashCall, Inc., No. 23-55259 (9th Cir. Jan. 3, 2025), the Ninth Circuit holds the defendant to its express waiver of a Seventh Amendment jury right, affirming an award of more than $134 million in legal restitution against it. The panel declines to excuse the jury waiver on the groundContinue reading “Parties’ Mutual Mistake about Legal Basis of Restitutionary Remedy Did Not Overcome Express Waiver of Seventh Amendment Jury Right, Holds Ninth Circuit”