[The legislation to permit consumer class actions] “is only nominally an act ‘to extend protection against fraudulent or deceptive practices.’ It is more accurately an act to line the pockets of ingenious attorneys. If this bill passes, the lawyers will be in high cotton; their client consumers will be still hoeing the short row.
"Consumer-Action Bill Would Help the Lawyers" by James Kilpatrick, Chamber of Commerce Newsletter. Papers of Chamber of Commerce, Series II, Box 3, Hagley Museum. August, 1970.
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