---
title: "Compare class actions pending in different districts"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/compare-competing-class-proceedings-and-draft-the-carriage-or-consolidat/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A7-T1-R6-US"
practice_area: "Class Actions / Representative Proceedings"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Compare class actions pending in different districts

> Build a table of each action's court, the parties, and the claims and the class definition as the complaint states them. Write no motion and no note for the court.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/compare-competing-class-proceedings-and-draft-the-carriage-or-consolidat/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Class Actions / Representative Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Build a table of each action's court, the parties, and the claims and the class definition as the complaint states them. Write no motion and no note for the court. |
| What the lawyer must review | 28 U.S.C. § 1407: when civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in different districts, they may be transferred to any district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation transfers them if the transfer will be for the convenience of parties and witnesses and will promote the just and efficient conduct of the actions. Each action so transferred is remanded to the district it came from at or before the conclusion of the pretrial proceedings, unless it has already been terminated. The panel may separate a claim, cross-claim, counterclaim or third-party claim and remand it before the rest. This is not certification under Rule 23, and it is not a transfer for trial. You write any motion. You open the rest of § 1407 for how a transfer is started. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Compare competing class proceedings and draft the carriage or consolidation note](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/compare-competing-class-proceedings-and-draft-the-carriage-or-consolidat.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Build a table of each action's court, the parties, and the claims and the class definition as the complaint states them. Write no motion and no note for the court.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 1407 coordinates pretrial proceedings and then remands. It does not certify a class and it does not try the case.
- The comparison table copies the complaints. It is not the motion.

## Sources

- [28 U.S.C. § 1407 (multidistrict litigation)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1407) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Competing class actions: comparison note for the carriage or selection hearing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/competing-class-actions-note.md) | Memo | Red | Internal note comparing competing representative proceedings and recording what GPN-CA paragraph 8 requires the lawyers to tell the Court and to propose. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*