Friday, June 14, 2024

DeFries v. Union Pac. R.R. (9th Cir. June 14, 2024)

I don't typically post anything about an opinion if the only thing I have to say about it is that it's extraordinarily well-written and cogent. Particularly when the opinion is written by someone sitting on the Ninth Circuit by designation.

But, today, I'm going to make an exception.

Judge Hamilton is a senior judge on the Seventh Circuit. He authors this opinion, which is about when American Pipe tolling ends (rather than begins) for putative class members who are ultimately excluded from a class definition ultimately certified by a court (and, here, then decertified on appeal).

The opinion is . . . extraordinarily well-written and cogent.

Well done.