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Class Action Class Certification American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Securities Litigation Update: Courts of Appeals Weigh in on American Pipe Tolling and the Affiliated Ute Presumption of Reliance

The Third Circuit extended American Pipe tolling to the period before a decision on class-certification, opening a new avenue for potential class members to assert otherwise untimely individual securities claims.  The Ninth...more

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The Third Circuit Addresses American Pipe Tolling before a Class Certification Decision

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The Third Circuit recently issued a decision holding that putative class members can benefit from equitable tolling even before a district court decides a motion for class certification. Aly v. Valeant Pharms. Int’l. Inc.,...more

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New York High Court Recognizes "American Pipe" Cross-jurisdictional Class Action Tolling but Dismissal Restarts the Clock

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Recently, the Court of Appeals of New York answered the questions certified to it by the Second Circuit in the affirmative that New York recognizes “American Pipe” (American Pipe v. Constr. Co v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974))...more

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Courts Solidify Reach of China Agritech

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Circuit courts of appeal are solidifying the reach of the Supreme Court’s June 2018 decision in China Agritech v. Resh and curtailing the availability of equitable tolling in class contexts. The Supreme Court’s decision in...more

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U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in China Agritech May Limit The Availability of Class-Action Tolling For Litigants That File Suit...

On June 11, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, 138 S. Ct. 1800 (2018). The China Agritech decision resolved a circuit split, finding that the statute of limitations for a...more

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For Whom the Statute Tolls: Statute of Limitations Extended in Plaintiff’s Individual TCPA Lawsuit Based on American Pipe Tolling...

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The TCPA already has an ample four-year statute of limitations. But based upon a 1974 Supreme Court case called American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), that statute is extended every time a defendant...more

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American Pipe Clarified: Statute of Limitations for Class Actions not tolled by a Prior Motion for Class Certification

In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court held on June 11, 2018 that a pending motion for class certification does not toll the statute of limitations for the filing of a new class action lawsuit by a putative...more

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In Securities Case, U.S. Supreme Court Curbs Successive Class Actions

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Last week, the United States Supreme Court reigned in plaintiffs’ ability to file new class action suits outside the statute of limitations. The Court decided in China Agritech that, following denial of class...more

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The Supreme Court Narrows Its Holding in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

The U.S. Supreme Court bars previously absent class members from bringing subsequent class actions outside the applicable limitations period. The Supreme Court’s decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh cements a new limit...more

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U.S. Supreme Court: Plaintiffs May Not Piggyback Successive Class Actions Beyond Statute of Limitations

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When does time run out on filing a class action? Under the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal decisions in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah and Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker, a timely class complaint tolls the statute of...more

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SCOTUS: American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to Successive Class Actions

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The Supreme Court held unanimously on June 11 that American Pipe tolling does not apply to successive class actions brought outside the statute of limitations. The case, China Agritech v. Resh, resolves a circuit split over...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

One and done - US Supreme Court sets limits on successive class action filings

After years of uncertainty, the United States Supreme Court has revisited one of its most important class action opinions, and in doing so, set limits on the filing of successive class actions. In China Agritech, Inc. v....more

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Can’t We All Just Tag-Along? The Supreme Court Shuts Down Untimely Class Actions

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For over forty years it has been well-known that the filing of a class action tolls the statute of limitations for all members of the putative class. This doctrine stemmed from the United States Supreme Court’s decision in...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Says “No” to Plaintiff Attempts to File Repetitive Class Actions After Statute of Limitations Has Run Out

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It is easy to overgeneralize the outcome of a legal dispute as pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant to paint a picture of which way a court is leaning and who is finding favor. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second...more

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Supreme Court Limits American Pipe Tolling for Successive Class Actions

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In China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the filing of a class action complaint does not toll a statute of limitations period for later-filed class actions raising the same claims. The...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds American Pipe Does Not Permit Repeat Filing of Class Claims After Limitations Period

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The United States Supreme Court’s June 11, 2018 decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, clarified the scope of a decades-old equitable tolling rule for class actions, holding that the Court’s 1974 opinion in American Pipe &...more

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Supreme Court Holds That American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to Successive Class Actions

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Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-342, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Gorsuch joined. Justice Sotomayor filed...more

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SCOTUS Rules Equitable Tolling Does Not Save Successive Class Action Lawsuits

On June 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, addressing a split in the federal circuit courts of appeal, arising from differing applications of the...more

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Supreme Court Rules That Successive Class Actions Are Not Tolled Under American Pipe

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On June 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the tolling rule first stated in American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974) cannot salvage otherwise-untimely successive class claims. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Considers an Expansion of Class-Action Tolling

On March 26, 2018, the Supreme Court heard argument in China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh (No. 17-432), a case in which the justices will determine whether a plaintiff whose otherwise untimely claim has been tolled by the rules...more

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Will The Supreme Court Allow Class Action Stacking?

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Parties have long argued over whether the filing of a class action tolls the statute of limitations for absent class members so that they can pursue a separate class action if the initial action fails to be certified for any...more

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A Look Back at Significant Developments in Class Action Law in 2017

From the standpoint of class action practice, 2017 was as important for what did not happen as for what did. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the 2017 class action scorecard, with a look forward to how the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify the Application of American Pipe Tolling to Class Actions

• The U.S. Supreme Court granted a certiorari petition filed by China Agritech from the 9th Circuit’s decision in Resh v. China Agritech, Inc., 857 F.3d 994 (9th Cir. 2017). The Court will clarify whether its landmark ruling...more

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Seventh Circuit: American Pipe Tolling Stops When A Class Action Is Dismissed – With Or Without Prejudice – Before A Class Is...

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Takeaway: In Collins v. Village of Palatine, Ill., — F.3d —, 2017 WL 5490819, at *1 (7th Cir. November 16, 2017), the Seventh Circuit announced a “simple and uniform” rule for determining when a once-tolled statute of...more

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Sixth Circuit Litigants Beware: Exiting The American Pipe Highway Can Forfeit Your Toll

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Classified contributors have blogged numerous times (including several times this year) on opinions that tested the boundaries of American Pipe tolling, including those that addressed whether the doctrine applies to claims...more

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