United States Second Circuit

An order certifying an "opt-in" class of heirs, beneficiaries, and personal representatives of individuals killed in a Ski Train Fire is reversed where the district court overstepped the bounds of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 by certifying an "opt-in" class.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2004
• Published 12/20/2004

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge., Before:  CARDAMONE, CABRANES, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA (Jay J. Rice, Diane E. Sammons, Randee M. Matloff, Nagel, Rice & Mazie, LLP, Livingston, NJ;  Martin J. D'Urso, Hilary E. Cohen, Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA;  Kenneth P. Nolan, Christina M. Fry, Speiser, Krause, Nolan & Granito, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Christopher Landau (Thomas D. Yannucci, P.C., Brant W. Bishop, Susan Engel, of counsel), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants Siemens Corporation and Siemens AG., Frederick W. Reif, Debra Tama, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants Waagner-Biro Binder AG in Abwicklung, Waagner-Biro Binder Beteiligungs AG, WB Holding AG, Binder and Co AG., Arthur J. Liederman, Dylan C. Braverman, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Bosch Rexroth AG., Arnd N. von Waldow, Reed Smith, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA;  Paul P. Rooney, Reed Smith, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Bosch Rexroth Corporation., E. Gordon Haesloop, Bartlett, McDonough, Bastone & Monaghan, LLP, Mineola, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Omniglow Corporation.