High Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Applicability of 'American Pipe' Tolling Rule
Nearly 45 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in American Pipe & Construction v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 553 (1974), holding that the filing of a class action “tolls the running of the statute of limitations for all purported members of the class who make timely motions to intervene after the court has found the suit inappropriate for class action status.”
June 04, 2018 at 02:47 PM
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American Pipe & Construction v. Utah, Crown, Cork & Seal v. Parker American Pipe American Pipe , Basch v. Ground Round, Griffin v. Singletary, Korwek v. Hunt Salazar-Calderon v. Presidio Valley Farmers Association American Pipe Yang v. Odom Great Plains Trust v. Union Pacific Railroad Sawyer v. Atlas Heating & Street Metal Works, American Pipe Sawyer Phipps v. Wal-Mart Stores, Resh v. China Agritech, China Agritech v. Resh |
Procedural Background
Dean v. China Agritech, Dean Dean Smyth Smyth Dean Dean Smyth Dean Smyth Smyth Smyth Dean Smyth Dean Smyth Resh Resh Resh American Pipe Resh Resh American Pipe Crown, Cork & Seal Dean Smyth American Pipe |
Signals From Oral Argument
American Pipe indefinitely until certification is achieved California Public Employees Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, American Pipe Resh Resh Resh American Pipe Resh American Pipe Robert L. Hickok is a partner in the trial and dispute resolution practice group of Pepper Hamilton. He can be reached at 215-981-4583 or [email protected]. Gay Parks Rainville is special counsel in the firm's trial and dispute resolution practice group and co-chairs, with Hickok and Los Angeles partner Pamela S. Palmer, the securities and shareholder litigation section of the practice group. She can be reached at 215-981-4952 or [email protected].
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