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ROBBIN v. FLUOR CORP.

No. 86-6079.

835 F.2d 213 (1987)

Leon ROBBIN, on his own behalf and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLUOR CORPORATION and Fluor Acquisition Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Richard B. Humbert, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Stumreiter of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., Stuart D. Wechsler and Zachary A. Starr of Goodkind, Wechsler, Labaton & Rudoff and Joseph H. Weiss, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant Leon Robbin.

James H. Berry, Jr. of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees Fluor Corp. and Fluor Acquisition Corp.

Before SKOPIL, PREGERSON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

We are asked on this appeal to determine whether the pendency of a class action tolls the applicable statutes of limitation for a subsequently filed class action and individual action. The district court held that the class action was time barred because the pendency of a similar action did not toll the applicable statute of limitations. The court also determined that state tolling doctrines applied to bar the individual action. We agree that...

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