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CHAVEZ v. PLAN BEN. SERVICES, INC.

No. 19-50904.

957 F.3d 542 (2020)

Heriberto CHAVEZ; Evangelina Escarcega, as the legal representative of her son Jose Escarcega; Jorge Moreno, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PLAN BENEFIT SERVICES, INC.; Fringe Insurance Benefits, Incorporated; Fringe Benefit Group, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Wasow , Catha Worthman , Attorneys, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow, L.L.P., Berkeley, CA, Richard J. Burch , Bruckner Burch, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, Danielle Leonard , Altshuler Berzon, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James Matthew Dow , Peter Carl Hansen , Joshua Abraham Romero , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Austin, TX, James A. Holifield, Jr. , Holifield Janich Ferrera, P.L.L.C., Knoxville, TN, Jonathan Danny Neerman , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Meaghan McLaine VerGow , O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Daryl Langdon Joseffer, Esq. , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before SMITH, GRAVES, and HO, Circuit Judges.

A district court must engage in a "rigorous analysis" when it certifies a class action. In the absence of that rigor, we vacate the certification order.

I.

Plan Benefit Services, Inc., Fringe Insurance Benefits, Inc., and Fringe Benefit Group (collectively "FBG" or "the company") market and administer...

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