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CHASSEN v. FIDELITY NAT. FINANCIAL, INC.

No. 15-3789.

836 F.3d 291 (2016)

Arthur CHASSEN; Deborah Meredith; Joel Oster; Dennis Scrimer; Glen J. Dalakian; Jack Hoffman; Deborah Hoffman; Kathleen Cooper; Richard Murphy, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated; Ami Feller, Appellants v. FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, a California Corporation; Chicago Title Insurance Company, a Missouri Corporation; The First American Corporation, a California Corporation; First American Title Insurance Company, a California Corporation; Landamerica Financial Group, Inc., a Virginia Corporation; Transnation Title Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a Nebraska Corporation; Stewart Information Services Corporation, a Delaware Corporation; Stewart Title Guaranty Company, a Texas Corporation; Old Republic International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation; Old Republic Title Insurance Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation; Weichert Title Agency.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Filed: September 8, 2016).

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther E. Berezofsky, Esq. , Williams Cuker Berezofsky , 210 Lake Drive East, Woodland Falls Corporate Park, Suite 101, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 Mark R. Cuker, Esq. , Michael J. Quirk, Esq. [ARGUED], Williams Cuker Berezofsky , 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Andrew R. Wolf, Esq. , Henry P. Wolfe, Esq. , The Wolf Law Firm, 1520 U.S. Highway 130, Suite 101, North Brunswick, NJ 08902, Counsel for Appellant.

Derrick R. Freijomil, Esq. , Michael R. O'Donnell, Esq. [ARGUED], Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, One Speedwell Avenue, Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ 07962, Grant J. Ankrom, Esq. , Jason E. Maschmann, Esq. , Charles A. Newman, Esq. , Denton US, One Metropolitan Square, 211 North Broadway, Suite 3000, St. Louis, MO 63102, Frederick W. Alworth, Esq. , Joshua R. Elias, Esq. , Gibbons, One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102, Kevin M. Fee, Jr., Esq. , Gerard D. Kelly, Esq. , Sidley Austin, One South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60201, Steven P. Benenson, Esq. , Porzio Bromberg & Newman, 100 Southgate Parkway, Morristown, NJ 07960, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: SMITH, ROTH, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

"A waived claim or defense is one that a party has knowingly and intelligently relinquished." Wood v. Milyard, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 1826, 1832 n.4, 182 L.Ed.2d 733 (2012). How, then, can a party waive a right "in a situation in which no right existed[?]" Ackerberg...

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