ALBANO v. SHEA HOMES LTD. PARTNERSHIP

No. 09-15808.

662 F.3d 1120 (2011)

Alfred ALBANO, an unmarried man; Monica Lewis, an unmarried woman; Samantha Baker, an individual; Ariel Barr, an unmarried man; Phillip Barr, a single man; Keith Bodie, husband; Stacy Bodie, wife; Jon L. Bruce, an individual; Craig Burke, husband; Linda Burke, wife; Dawn R. Cain, an individual; Christina Carlson, an individual; Charles Chen, husband; Lisa Chen, wife; Christopher Cordasco, an individual; Paul Crandell, husband; Jennifer Crandell, wife; Kent Ellsworth, husband; Lauree Ellsworth, wife; Ronald Filipski, husband; Laura Filipski, wife; Angelica Harvey, an individual; Dirk Howard, husband; Nancy Howard, wife; George Hulecki, husband; Jeanne Hulecki, wife; Candace Hurtt, wife; James Craig, husband; Robert Kegerreis, Trustee of the Kegerreis Family Trust u/a/d June 15, 2005; Cynthia Kegerreis, Trustee of the Kegerreis Family trust u/a/d June 15, 2005; John R. Letteer, husband; Judith Letteer, wife; Kelly J. Mallory, an individual; Charles McGoldrick, husband; Maureen McGoldrick, wife; Robert L. Mitchell, a single man; Beatrice M. Linne, an unmarried woman; Richard Navarro, an individual; Scott A. Olmstead, husband; Amber S. Olmstead, wife; Donald W. Roberts, husband; Julia A. Roberts, wife; Linda S. Rodela, an individual; Jack E. Rose, Jr., husband; Shawna R. Rose, wife; Mark B. Samford, husband; Rebecca L. Samford, wife; Jane D. Schmaltz, an individual; Richard Scott, husband; Sharon Scott, wife; Dennis Simpson, an individual; Blake Slaughter, husband; Chantell Slaughter, wife; Bruce Tarman, husband; Janelle Tarman, wife; Michael L. Tomaino, II, an individual; Eric T. Valimaki, husband; Cristi D. Valimaki, wife; David A. Wenman, husband as Trustee of the Wenman Family Trust dated July 9, 1999; Jacqueline Diane Wenman, wife, as Trustee of the Wenman Family Trust dated July 9, 1999; Seth Wheeler, husband, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Jacqueline Wheeler, wife, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Phillis J. Simpson, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHEA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited partnership; J.F. Shea Co., Inc., a Nevada corporation, DBA Shea Homes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Willis , Burdman & Shore, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary L. Birbaum and Barry R. Sanders , Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander, Phoenix, AZ, Jill Ann Herman , Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees.

Before: KENNETH F. RIPPLE, RAYMOND C. FISHER and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RIPPLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

On June 30, 2011, the Supreme Court of Arizona answered questions that we had certified to that court. Specifically, it determined that the rule of American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 94 S.Ct. 756, 38 L.Ed.2d 713 (1974), does not toll the statute of repose for construction-defect claims set forth in Arizona Revised Statutes section 12-552. Albano v. Shea...

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