CARTER v. DIAL CORP.

No. 17-8009.

869 F.3d 13 (2017)

Michelle CARTER; Jonathan Cessna; Alicia Gentile; Sonia Herrera; Jenny Marazzi; Megan Peterson; Sven P. Vogtland; David Walls; Kristina Pearson; Eric Terrell; Elizabeth Poynter; Eric Capdeville, Plaintiffs, Respondents, Michael Feuer; Martin Hommel; Kami Raleigh; Bridget Becnel Delivorias; Karen Finney; Amani El-Jandali; Marvin Catalan, Plaintiffs, v. The DIAL CORPORATION, a/k/a, Dial Corporation, a/k/a, The Dial Corporation, Inc., Defendant, Petitioner, Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

JUDGMENT Entered: July 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Seth Crompton , Eric D. Holland , Gerard B. Schneller , Holland Law Firm, St. Louis, MO, Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Respondent MICHELLE CARTER.

Randall Seth Crompton , Eric D. Holland , Gerard B. Schneller , Steven Stolze , Holland Law Firm, St. Louis, MO, Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, Chicago, IL, David C. Rash , Rash Law Offices PA, Weston, FL, Charles E. Schaffer , Levin Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Respondent JONATHAN CESSNA.

Jordan Lucas Chaikin , Chaikin Law Firm PLLC, Fort Myers, FL, Fred R. Rosenthal , Parker Waichman LLP, Port Washington, NY, for Plaintiff MICHAEL FEUER.

Jayne A. Goldstein , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Thomas D. Mauriello , Mauriello Law Firm, San Clemente, CA, James C. Shah , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP, Media, PA, for Plaintiff-Respondent ALICIA GENTILE.

Tamar G. Arminak , Mark J. Geragos , Shelley Kaufman , Geragos & Geragos PC, Los Angeles, CA, Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Respondent SONIA HERRERA.

Stuart A. Davidson , Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP, Boca Raton, FL, Mark J. Dearman , Cullin A. O'Brien , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY, Edward K. O'Brien , O'Brien Law Firm, P.C., Manchester, NH, for Plaintiff MARTIN HOMMEL.

Douglas P. Dehler , O'Neil Cannon Hollman DeJong & Laing SC, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Respondent MEGAN PETERSON.

Richard J. Arsenault , Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, Jordan Lucas Chaikin , Chaikin Law Firm PLLC, Fort Myers, FL, Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, Chicago, IL, Fred R. Rosenthal , Parker Waichman LLP, Port Washington, NY, for Plaintiff-Respondent SVEN P. VOGTLAND.

Randall Seth Crompton , Eric D. Holland , Gerard B. Schneller , Holland Law Firm, St. Louis, MO, Charles E. Schaffer , Levin Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Respondent DAVID WALLS.

Edward K. O'Brien , O'Brien Law Firm, P.C., Manchester, NH, for Plaintiff KAMI RALEIGH.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Robert M. Becnel , Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Laplace, LA, Matthew B. Moreland , Law Office of Matthew B. Moreland, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs BRIDGET BECNEL DELIVORIAS, KAREN FINNEY.

Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt & Casey LLC, Joseph J. Siprut , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Respondent KRISTINA PEARSON.

Miriam Leigh Schimmel , Andrew Joseph Sokolowski , Initiative Legal Group, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff AMANI ELJANDALI.

Reginald Von Terrell , Terrell Law Group, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff-Respondent ERIC TERRELL.

Sean T. Keith , Keith Miller Butler Schneider & Pawlick PLLC, for Plaintiff MARVIN CATALAN.

Lucy J. Karl , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Concord, NH, for Plaintiff-Respondent ELIZABETH POYNTER.

Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Jim S. Hall , Hall Law Office LLC, Metairie, LA, Matthew B. Moreland , Law Office of Matthew B. Moreland, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Respondent ERIC CAPDEVILLE.

Eugene F. Assaf, Jr. , Tracie Lynn Bryant , Paul D. Clement , Jeffrey Matthew Harris , Matthew Rowen , Edwin John U , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Karl A. Bekeny , Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH, Paul E. Benson , Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Amy Bloom , Beasley Kramer & Galardi, P.A., Patricia Elaine Lowry , Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Elizabeth M. Chiarello , Richard D. Raskin , Allison W. Reimann , Eugene A. Schoon , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, John E. Galvin, III , Jonathan H. Garside , Fox Galvin, LLC, St. Louis, MO, Robert Harrex Miller , Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA, Manchester, NH, Chad W. Pekron , Robert Ryan Younger , Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow PLLC, Little Rock, AR, John C. Theisen , Theisen Bowers & Associates LLC, Fort Wayne, IN, Robert C. Tucker , Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Petitioner.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f), the defendant-petitioner seeks leave from this court to appeal the district court's grant of class certification in the underlying multidistrict litigation. As an initial matter, the defendant-petitioner's motion for leave to file a reply is granted. The tendered reply is accepted for filing and has been considered by the court. Having carefully considered the parties' filings and relevant portions of the record, we conclude that the requirements...

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