State of California Department of Justice (Assistant Attorney General Dennis W. Dawson for Hon. Bill Lockyear, Attorney General) (00-CV-B)

04/00 – Advisory Committee referred to Class Action Subcommittee; 10/00 – Advisory Committee considered and retained on agenda
04/01 – Advisory Committee considered when drafting revisions to Rule 23(e) but declined to incorporate into the amendment; approved for submission to Standing Committee
6/01  - Standing Committee approved for publication for public comment
8/01 - Published for public comment
10/01 -Committee considered
1/02  - Committee considered
5/02 -Committee approved 
6/02 -Standing Committee approved
6/02 - Devlin v. Scardelletti, 122 S.Ct. 2005         (6/10/02), resolved issue