Editing Class action (section)

====State courts====
Since 1938, many states have adopted rules similar to the FRCP. However, some states, like California, have civil procedure systems, which deviate significantly from the federal rules; the [[California Codes]] provide for four separate types of class actions. As a result, there are two separate treatises devoted solely to the complex topic of California class actions.<ref>''Cohelan on California Class Actions''</ref>{{{fcn|date=January 2025}}<ref>Elizabeth Cabraser et al., ''California Class Actions: Practice and Procedure''</ref>{{fcn|date=January 2025}} {{As of|March 2024}}, only Virginia and Massachusetts do not provide for any class actions.<ref name="The National Law Review 2024 y945">{{cite web | title=The Legislation Enacting Virginia's New Class Action Statute Should Be Amended to Protect Virginia Businesses from In Terrorem Statutory Damages | website=The National Law Review | date=March 7, 2024 | url=https://natlawreview.com/article/legislation-enacting-virginias-new-class-action-statute-should-be-amended-protect | access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref> Others, such as New York, limit the types of claims that may be brought as class actions.<ref name="LII / Legal Information Institute 1966 g798">{{cite web | title=Rule 23. Class Actions | website=[[Legal Information Institute| Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute]] | date=February 28, 1966 | url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23 | access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref>