The Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits have handed down three decisions of interest in recent weeks:
- In Wolin v. Jaguar Land Rover North America LLC, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Aug. 17, 2010), the Ninth Circuit reversed an order denying class certification of vehicle defect claims brought under Michigan and Florida consumer protection laws.
- In Avritt v. Reliastar Life Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___ (8th Cir. Aug. 12, 2010), the Eighth Circuit affirmed an order denying class certification of UCL and other consumer protection claims.
- In Cappuccitti v. DirecTV, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (11th Cir. Jul. 19, 2010), the Eleventh Circuit dismissed a putative class action for lack of jurisdiction under CAFA. This opinion (which I think badly misinterprets CAFA and probably won't be followed in other Circuits) has generated a lot of buzz. Judge Alsup has already declined to follow it in one CAFA case, Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2010 WL 3155934 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 10, 2010) (slip op. at 82). The CAFA Law Blog reported last Friday that a petition for panel or en banc rehearing was filed on August 9, 2010.
By the way, the extended deadline for the cert. petition in Dukes v. Wal-Mart is this coming Thursday, August 26. I will post about that and link to the petition as soon as it becomes available online.
[HT to South Florida Lawyers for the link to the Cappuccitti opinion and to The Complex Litigator for the link to Gutierrez.]
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