Rankings by Key Elements
Table 11: Treatment of Class Action Suits and Mass Consolidation Suits
| STATE | ELEMENT RANKING | STATE | ELEMENT RANKING |
| Delaware | 1 | Oregon | 26 |
| Tennessee | 2 | New Hampshire | 27 |
| New York | 3 | North Dakota | 28 |
| Iowa | 4 | South Dakota | 29 |
| Indiana | 5 | North Carolina | 30 |
| Connecticut | 6 | Georgia | 31 |
| Kansas | 7 | Pennsylvania | 32 |
| Nebraska | 8 | Missouri | 33 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | Hawaii | 34 |
| Minnesota | 10 | Rhode Island | 35 |
| Wyoming | 11 | Maryland | 36 |
| Nevada | 12 | New Mexico | 37 |
| Vermont | 13 | Alaska | 38 |
| New Jersey | 14 | Florida | 39 |
| Utah | 15 | Montana | 40 |
| Virginia | 16 | South Carolina | 41 |
| Michigan | 17 | Texas | 42 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | Oklahoma | 43 |
| Maine | 19 | Arkansas | 44 |
| Arizona | 20 | Alabama | 45 |
| Colorado | 21 | California | 46 |
| Idaho | 22 | Louisiana | 47 |
| Ohio | 23 | Illinois | 48 |
| Washington | 24 | Mississippi | 49 |
| Kentucky | 25 | West Virginia | 50 |