Dennis Speerly v. General Motors, LLC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Dennis Speerly v. General Motors, LLC, 123 F.4th 840 (6th Cir. 2024)

Dennis Speerly v. General Motors, LLC

Opinion

                                     RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION
                                     Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b)
                                            File Name: 24a0271p.06

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                        FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT



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DENNIS SPEERLY; JOSEPH SIERCHIO; DARRIN
                                                                  │
DEGRAND; DANIEL DRAIN; WAVERS SMITH; RICHARD
                                                                  │
FREEMAN; CHRISTOPHER GILES; LOUIS RAY; RICHARD
                                                                  │
SULLIVAN; JAMES NORVELL; MICHAEL BANKS; GUY
                                                                  │
CLARK; MARIA BARALLARDOS; CARY SHERROW;                            >
JASON KEVIN SINCLAIR; KIMBERLY COULSON; TROY                      │         No. 23-1940
COULSON; ANDRE MCQUADE; DONALD DYKSHORN;                          │
TAIT THOMAS; JAMES PAUL BROWNE; WILLIAM                           │
FREDO; JON ELLARD; RHIANNA MEYERS; RANDALL                        │
JACOBS; MICHAEL PONDER; PHILIP WEEKS; KATRINA                     │
FREDO; JIMMY FLOWERS; STEVEN BRACK; KEVIN                         │
WESLEY; BRIAN LLOYD; GREGORY BUTSCHA; JERRY                       │
CARROLL; KIMBERLY CARROLL; DOMINIC EATHERTON;                     │
THOMAS EDMONDSON; RICHARD FILIAGGI; ROBERT                        │
HIGGINS; DAVID THOMPSON; DONALD SICURA,                           │
                             Plaintiffs-Appellees,                │
                                                                  │
                                                                  │
         v.                                                       │
                                                                  │
GENERAL MOTORS, LLC,                                              │
                                      Defendant-Appellant.        │
                                                                  ┘

                                  On Petition for Rehearing En Banc
              United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
                Nos. 2:19-cv-11044; 2:19-cv-11802; 2:19-cv-11808; 2:19-cv-11875;
                          2:19-cv-12371—David M. Lawson, District Judge.

                                 Decided and Filed: December 19, 2024

           Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; MOORE, CLAY, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE,
            STRANCH, THAPAR, BUSH, LARSEN, NALBANDIAN, READLER,
               MURPHY, MATHIS, BLOOMEKATZ, and RITZ, Circuit Judges.*



     *
         Hon. Stephanie Dawkins Davis is recused from participation in this case.
 No. 23-1940               Speerly, et al. v. General Motors, LLC                          Page 2


                                       _________________

                                           COUNSEL

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC: Richard C. Godfrey, R. Allan Pixton,
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, John F. Bash,
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Austin, Texas, Renee D. Smith, Cole
T. Carter, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Jason M. Wilcox, KIRKLAND &
ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., Stephanie A. Douglas, BUSH SEYFERTH PLLC, Troy,
Michigan, for Appellant. ON RESPONSE: Douglas J. McNamara, Karina Puttieva, Madelyn
Petersen, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Washington, D.C., Theodore J.
Leopold, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for
Appellees. ON BRIEF: John M. Thomas, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Kyle M. Asher, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, Stephen A. D’Aunoy, KLEIN
THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, St. Louis, Missouri, Brandon L. Boxler, KLEIN THOMAS LEE
& FRESARD, Richmond, Virginia, Brian D. Schmalzbach, MCGUIREWOODS LLP,
Richmond, Virginia, Wendy Liu, PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C.,
for Amici Curiae.
                                  _________________

ORDER

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       A majority of the Judges of this Court in regular active service has voted for rehearing en
banc of this case. Under Sixth Circuit Rule 40(d), “[a] decision to grant rehearing en banc
vacates the previous opinion and judgment of the court, stays the mandate, and restores the case
on the docket as a pending appeal.”

       Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the previous decision and judgment of this court are
vacated, the mandate is stayed, and this case is restored to the docket as a pending appeal.

       The Clerk will direct the parties to file supplemental briefs and will schedule this case for
oral argument as soon as possible.

                                              ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT




                                              __________________________________
                                              Kelly L. Stephens, Clerk


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