The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a case is moot when the plaintiff receives an offer of complete relief on his claim.
At issue in the would-be class action is whether a complete settlement offer, made before the class is certified, moots individual as well as class claims, according to the cert petition (PDF) filed on behalf of the Campbell-Ewald Co. The SCOTUSblog case page is here.
The cert petition says the case involves a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which has “become an extortionist weapon in the hands of class action attorneys seeking to extract lucrative attorneys’ fees.”
