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Appellate Practice

Jun. 14, 2016

Loot doesn't equal moot in 9th Circuit

9th Circuit holds that the class action show must go on even when defendant deposits named plaintiff's requested damages into escrow account. By Charles Kagay

Charles M. Kagay

Of Counsel
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP

Appellate Law (Certified)

96 Jessie Street
San Francisco , CA 94105

Phone: (415) 649-6700

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Email: charles.kagay@calg.com

Harvard Law School

Charles has decades of experience handling appeals that involve complex or novel legal questions and is certified by the State Bar as a California appellate specialist. Find out more about Charles and the Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP at www.calg.com. Appellate Zealots is a monthly column on recent appellate decisions and appellate issues written by the attorneys of the Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP.

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By Charles Kagay

APPELLATE ZEALOTS

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just made it a little more difficult for a class action defendant to nip the action in the bud by picking off the named plaintiffs before class certification. In so doing, it took up some legal questions that the Supreme Court has recently declined to address.

In the federal courts, Article I...

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