Will the Supreme Court change the way mutual fund fee lawsuits are decided? The Wall Street Journal's Sam Mamudi takes on that question in the Thursday Fund Track column. A version of Mamudi's piece first appeared in the Journal's sister publication, MarketWatch on Tuesday evening.

The Supreme Court revealed on March 9 that it would hear the appeal (see MFWire, 3/9/2009). The case is Jerry N. Jones et al v. Harris Associates L.P. (Harris advises the Oakmark Funds.)

Mamudi turns to Chicago-Kent College of Law assistant professor William Birdthistle, Morningstar fund analyst Ryan Leggio and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker fund attorney Mike Rosella for thoughts on the case's implications. 

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