In the Matter of: BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., TIRES PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.
Appeals of: Ford Motor Company, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, L.L.C., and Bridgestone Corporation.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 28, 2003.
Decided June 20, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Irwin B. Levin, Cohen & Malad, Indianapolis, IN, Samuel Issacharoff (argued), Columbia University Law School, New York, NY, Victor M. Diaz, Jr., Podhurst Oeseck Josefsberg & Weaton, Miami, FL, David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Armonk, NY, Mike Eidson, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, John W. Barrett, Lexington, MS, William E. Winningham, Wilson Kehoe & Winningham, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
John H. Beisner (argued), O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Joseph C. Weinstein, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Hugh R. Whiting, Jones Day, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Brent A. Hannafan, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Leslie A. Brueckner, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, Steven B. Jensen, Baron & Budd, Dallas, TX, Michael R. Schuster, Sarah L. Lock, Bruce Vignery, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.
Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is successive to last year's decision that the district court abused its discretion by certifying nationwide classes covering multiple models of Ford vehicles and Firestone tires sold between 1990 and 2001. See In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation,288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1105, 123 S.Ct. 870, 154 L.Ed.2d 774 (2003). Classes...
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