William BARNES; Ciaran McNally; Catherine Potts; Norma Rodweller; Barbara Salzman; Edward Slivak; John Teagle, on Behalf of Themselves and all others Similarly Situated
v.
THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; American Brands, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; Lorillard, Inc.; Loews Corporation; United States Tobacco Company; UST, Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; The Council For Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Brooke Group, LTD.; Pennsylvania Distributors Association, Inc.; United Wholesale Tobacco and Candy, d/b/a United Vending Service, Inc.; British American Tobacco Company William Barnes, Ciaran McNally, Catherine Potts, Norma Rodweller, Barbara Salzman and Edward Slivak, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, Appellants.
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Argued June 4, 1998.
Decided November 12, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert J. LaRocca (Argued), Ryan, Brown, McDonnell, Berger & Gibbons, Philadelphia, PA; Arnold Levin (Argued), Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA; Dianne M. Nast, Lancaster, PA; Julia W. McInerny, Coale, Cooley, Leitz, McInerny & Broadus, Washington, DC; Gary R. Fine, Rodham & Fine, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Thomas E. Mellon, Jr., Mellon, Webster & Mellon, Doylestown, PA; Stephen A. Sheller, Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.
Hugh R. Whiting, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH; Morton F. Daller, Edward A. Greenberg, Gerhard P. Dietrich, Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich, Fort Washington, PA, for Appellee, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Daniel F. Kolb, Anne B. Howe, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Morton F. Daller, Edward A. Greenberg, Gerhard P. Dietrich, Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich Valley Green Corporate Center, Fort Washington, PA, for Appellee, RJR Nabisco, Inc.
James L. Griffith, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Philadelphia, PA, Virginia L. Hogben, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen Packard Building, 1, Philadelphia, PA, Peter S. Greenberg, Schnader, Harrison, Philadelphia, PA, Gary R. Long, Shannon L. Spangler Shook, Hardy & Bacon One, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Robert C. Heim, (argued) Jeffrey G. Weil Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees, Philip Morris, Inc. and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
William J. O'Brien, Esquire Howard M. Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn Philadelphia, PA, Gary R. Long, Shannon L. Spangler, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Appellees, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc. and Lorillard, Inc.
William J. O'Brien, Howard M. Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Patrick W. Kittredge, Gary M. Marek, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, The Council for Tobacco Research U.S.A., Inc.
J. Kurt Straub (Argued) Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellees, Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc. and Brooke Group, Ltd.
Before: SCIRICA, NYGAARD and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this suit against the major American tobacco companies, we must decide whether a medical monitoring class should be certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2). The District Court decertified a proposed class of cigarette smokers on the grounds that significant individual issues precluded certification. After finding the statute of limitations had run with respect to the claims of five named plaintiffs...
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