West Virginia Attorney General’s parens patriae action to recover damages for alleged generic drug overcharges does not qualify as a class action for purposes of removal to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, majority on divided Fourth Circuit panel holds: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

In coverage of the ruling, Bloomberg News reports that “Wal-Mart, CVS, Drug Price Case Sent to West Virginia Court by U.S. Judges.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court sends W.Va. pharmacy case to Boone.”

“Opposing Views of Court’s Ruling on Class Actions”: These letters to the editor appear today in The New York Times.

“Denver Judge Taps Brakes on Righthaven Copyright Lawsuits”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Players call NFL a ‘cartel’ in court filing”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “NFL players who sued the league for alleged antitrust violations liken the league to a ‘cartel’ in their latest court filing, again urging an appeals court to lift the lockout. In arguments filed in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, just minutes before Friday’s midnight deadline, attorneys for the players reiterated their argument that the NFL has violated antitrust laws.”

You can access at this link the Brief for Appellees filed late last night in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

“Supreme Court may hear case on tuition breaks for illegal immigrants; California’s policy allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition is being challenged as a possible violation of federal law”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.