IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING, SALES

No. 18-15937.

959 F.3d 1201 (2020)

IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida; Salt Lake County, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.; Audi of America, LLC; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Robert Bosch, LLC; Robert Bosch Gmbh, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Stris (argued), Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

W. Daniel "Dee" Miles III , H. Clay Barnett , and Archie I. Grubb II , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles P.C., Montgomery, Alabama; Luis Martinez-Monfort , Gardner Brewer Martinez-Monfort P.A., Tampa, Florida; Thomas L. Young , Law Office of Thomas L. Young P.A., Tampa, Florida; for Plaintiff-Appellant Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County.

Bridget K. Romano , Deputy District Attorney, Office of the Salt Lake County District Attorney, Salt Lake City, Utah; Colin P. King and Paul M. Simmons , Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen, Salt Lake City, Utah; for Plaintiff-Appellant Salt Lake County.

Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. (argued), Sharon L. Nelles , David M.J. Rein , and Matthew A. Schwartz , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York; for for Defendants-Appellees Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Audi of America, LLC.

Cari K. Dawson , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Defendant-Appellee Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr. , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York; Matthew D. Slater , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee Robert Bosch, LLC and Robert Bosch GMBH.

Richard W. Mithoff , Sherie Potts Beckham , and Warner V. Hocker , Mithoff Law, Houston, Texas; Russell S. Post and Owen J. McGovern , Beck Redden LLP, Houston, Texas; Benny Agosto, Jr. and Muhammad S. Aziz , Abraham Watkins Nichols Sorrels Agosto & Friend, Houston, Texas; Debra Tsuchiyama Baker , Earnest W. Wotring , John Muir , and David George , Baker & Botring LLP, Houston, Texas; Vince Ryan , Robert Soard , Terence L. O'Rourke , and Rock W.A. Owens , Office of the Harris County Attorney, Houston, Texas; for Amicus Curiae Harris County, Texas.

Jonathan S. Martel , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; S. Zachary Fayne , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, California; Sarah Grey , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, Colorado; Steven P. Lehotsky and Michael B. Schon , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Inc., Association of Global Automakers, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Sandra S. Ikuta, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Volkswagen,1 a car manufacturer, installed defeat devices in new cars for the purpose of evading compliance with federally mandated emission standards, and subsequently updated the software in those cars so the defeat devices would do a better job of avoiding and preventing compliance...

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