Zinser v. Accufix Research Institute, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Zinser v. Accufix Research Institute, Inc., 273 F.3d 1266 (9th Cir. 2001)
2001 Daily Journal DAR 12963; 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10393; 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 26570; 2001 WL 1591131
Fletcher, Gould, Scannlain

Zinser v. Accufix Research Institute, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge GOULD; Dissent by Judge B. FLETCHER.

ORDER

The majority opinion filed June 15, 2001, is amended as follows:

1) Add the following sentence to the end of the third paragraph of section III. B. 4 (Superiority, Rule 23(b)(3)(D)):
Of course, we do not suggest that the causation difficulties necessarily render class certification impossible.

Judges O’Scannlain and Gould have voted to deny the petition for rehearing and the petition for rehearing en banc. Judge Fletcher has voted to grant the petition for rehearing and recommended granting the petition for rehearing en banc.

The full court was advised of the petition for rehearing en banc. An active judge requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. The matter failed to receive a majority of the votes of the active judges in favor of en banc consideration. Fed. R.App. P. 35.

The petition for rehearing and the petition for rehearing en banc are DENIED.

Reference

Full Case Name
Robin ZINSER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. ACCUFIX RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., formerly d.b.a. as TPLC, Inc., and Telectronics Pacing Systems, now known as TPLC Holdings, Inc., a Colorado corporation Pacific Dunlop Limited, and Nucleus Limited Nucleus Limited
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