IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING LITIG.

Nos. 16-17157, 16-17158, 16-17166, 16-17168, 16-17183, 16-17185.

895 F.3d 597 (2018)

IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Jason Hill et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Tori Partl; Marcia Weese; Rudolf Sodamin; Greg R. Siewert and Scott Siewert; Ronald Clark Fleshman, Jr.; Derek R. Johnson, Objectors-Appellants, v. Volkswagen, AG; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.; Audi, AG; Audi of America, LLC; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Robert Bosch GMBH; Robert Bosch, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ben Feinman (argued), James B. Feinman & Associates, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Movant-Appellant Ronald Clark Fleshman, Jr.

Sharon Nelles (argued), William B. Monahan , and Robert J. Giuffra Jr. , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellants.

N. Albert Bacharach Jr. , N. Albert Bacharach Jr. P.A., Gainesville, Florida, for Objectors-Appellants Greg R. Siewert and Scott Siewert.

Bryan E. Brody , Brody & Cornwell, St. Louis, Missouri, for Objector-Appellant Tori Partl.

Brian Thomas Giles , Giles Lenox, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Objector-Appellant Derek R. Johnson.

Stephen D. Field , Stephen D. Field P.A., Hialeah, Florida, for Objector-Appellant Rudolf Sodamin.

Caroline V. Tucker , Tucker Pollard, Irvine, California, for Objector-Appellant Marcia Weese.

Kevin R. Budner , David S. Stellings , and Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, California; Benjamin L. Bailey , Bailey Glasser LLP, Charleston, West Virginia; Roland K. Tellis , Baron & Budd P.C., Encino, California; W. Daniel "Dee" Miles III , Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, Alabama; Lesley E. Weaver , Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP, Oakland, California; David Boies , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, New York; J. Gerard Stranch IV , Branstetter Stranch & Jennings PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee; James E. Cecchi , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello P.C., Roseland, New Jersey; David Seabold Casey Jr. , Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, San Diego, California; Frank Mario Pitre , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Burlingame, California; Rosemary M. Rivas , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, San Francisco, California; Adam J. Levitt , Dicello Levitt & Casey LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman , Seattle, Washington; Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld, Washington, D.C.; Michael Everett Heygood , Heygood Orr & Pearson, Irving, Texas; Lynn Lincoln Sarko , Keller Rorhback LLP, Seattle, Washington; Joseph F. Rice , Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Paul J. Geller , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Boca Raton, Florida; Roxanna Barton Conlin , Roxanne Conlin & Associates P.C., Des Moines, Iowa; Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Jayne Conroy , Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, New York, New York; Robin L. Greenwald , Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York, New York; Samuel Issacharoff , New York, New York; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, William A. Fletcher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

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