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BRIGGS v. MERCK SHARP & DOHME

Nos. 15-55873, 15-55876, 15-55874, 15-55877, 15-55875.

796 F.3d 1038 (2015)

Justine BRIGGS; Catherine Citrano; John Buckley; Selestino Lovato; James Owens; Edwin Pretter; Delores Hedrick; Joe Ladner; Charlotte Peak; Bruce Rininger; Robert Rubus; Jennifer Hannan; Doris Parshall; Carol Goodwin; Silvana Rossi; Shambre Skidmore; Ruth Studer; Wilson Thomas; Ralph Wiloughby; James Holzbaur; John Consentino, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MERCK SHARP & DOHME, Defendant-Appellee. Nicolette Kreis; Maria Fedorczyk; Camille Neto; Linda Mauro; Nancy Boyd; Dawn Hadry; Alexis Jackson; Gary Jones; Debra Rife; William Weber; Robert Morgan; Earl Bartlett; Roger Hall; Steven Hatfield; Robert Ikemeier; Mary Jane Hendricks; Dina Karambasis; Laurel Royal; Robert Dokmanovich; Rose Ann Fiorita; Mae Brooks; Peggy Young; Carolyn McDaniel; Leroy Smith; William Bell; Sande Young; Herbert Howard; William Laplante; Patricia Hene; Peggy Richardson; Mary Brown; Ellen Allen; Patricia Allen; Shirley Phelps; Richard Mauro; Lisa Veit, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Tracey L. Kelly; Timothy B. Kelly; Chad Kelly; Joyce E. Booth; William Booth; Cletus E. Breeden; Tim Cagle; Jeri Bramble; Melanie Brown; Pam Geilhner; Kim Carpenter; Barbara Collins; Aswell W. Cook; Deborah Warne; Elender McIntire; Ronald F. Cook; Kelly Jones; Andrew Cook; Doris E. Corkern; Jesse L. Fitch; Glenda R. Fitch; Valorie Harrell; Kimberly Wassana; Janice Inzalaco; Wanda Lucas; Gary L. Montgomery; Kathy M. Montgomery; Debra Patrick-Golabek; Walter Golabek; Jody Prater-Vincent; Lee Prater; Billy Joseph Prater; Bettye J. Robertson; Harold Rodgers, Jr.; Alma Hewitt; Cornell Stewart; Floretha Stewart; Edwin J. Strysko; Ruby Strysko; Marianne Mabry; Donna Lynn Duda; Brenda Thomason; Jackie Hammond; Cynthia Tomlin; Reid F. Waffle; Rose M. Waffle; Julius Whittington; Mary Whittington; Janet M. Wood, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Louis Johnson; Ruth Suyamakim; Aileen Segerstrom; Alfred Husk; Edith Magnabigon; Nancy Morgan; Jane Sugrue; Donna Lauricella; Judilyn Knight; Harry Schweinsberg; Joann Cortese; Brenda Cooper; Dean Johnson; Mary Fishe; Rexford Wheeler; Josephine Bastone; Marie Anselme; Sherman Robinson; Sylvester Allison; Todd Leonard; Lorraine Squillante; Lois Young; Tracy Johnson; Ross Macpherson; Julie Williams; Noor Shaikh; Marisa Sifontes; Joseph Sabia; Patricia Turner; Deborah Wells; Albert Gutierrez; Audrey Moore, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Rodolfo L. Martinez; Antonio Martinez; Abram S. Miller, Jr.; Danny Lenzi; Daniel Alloway; Jodi Alloway; Bruce Bradshaw; Frank S. Bradshaw; Brian J. Bradshaw; Carol L. Brown; Sophie L. Cody; Angela Castor; Tabori Debraux; Leopoldo C. Bausas; Fe B. Encina; Rosewell B. Encina; Anita Fineman; Betty J. Hobbs; Norma Kordick; Dawn Kordick; Timothy Kordick; Elizabeth B. Lawrenece; William D. Lawrenece; Kathryn L. Cowan; Carol M. Lawrenece; Patricia Mahoney; Maurine P. Bingham; Michael D. Mahoney; Richard W. Mahoney; Kathleen Newbold; Kevin J. Mahoney; Margaret A. Hale; Elizabeth K. Olson; Deborah C. Mahoney; James R.T. Martin; Anthony Minero; Camielle Minero; David R. Moton, Sr.; Carol Rup; Christopher Rup; Mark Rup; Tracy Emmert; Louis Salcido; Milissa A. Fay; Sylvia L. Smith; Mark A. Salcido; Deidre L. Salcido; Sidney L. Salcido; Stephen A. Salcido; Louis M. Salcido; Bridgette L. Smith; Patricia L. Sanders; Lisa K. Carlson; Laurie A. Booth; Daniel Stark; Mary J. Ward; Felicia Washington; Marvolene Oliver; Annie Wade; Charlene Wasilewski; Natalie Geigle; Alexia Krane; Brenda Cox, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 6, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Brograd (argued), Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C.; John M. Restaino, Jr. , Restaino Siler, LLD, Denver, CO; Ryan L. Thompson (argued), Watts Guerra LLP, San Antonio, TX; John R. Lytle , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, Ladera Ranch, California; Hunter J. Shkolnik , Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Maurita Elaine Horn , Douglas R. Marvin , Kristin Ann Shapiro (argued), Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

The Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005), authorizes the removal to federal court of "mass actions." 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(11)(A), (B). "Mass actions" are civil actions in which "monetary relief claims of 100 or more persons are proposed to be tried jointly on the ground that the...

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