Perspective
May 22, 2014
More ammunition for defeating class certification
The 3rd Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing in a case which has already been highly cited and relied upon by district courts throughout the nation in denying class certification. By Bety Javidzad
On May 2, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied, by a 9-to-4 vote, a petition for rehearing en banc in Carrera v. Bayer, 727 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2013), a case which has already been highly cited and relied upon by district courts throughout the nation in denying class certification, and which will now very likely continue to garner support.
In 2013, the 3rd Circuit in Carrera raised the bar for certifying class actio...
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