United States Third Circuit

In a diet drug product liability litigation, plaintiffs' appeals, challenging the district court's interpretation of a filing fee statute, are dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2005
• Decided 08/11/2005
• Published 08/11/2005

Judges

• AMBRO, Circuit Judge., Before AMBRO, STAPLETON and ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George M. Fleming, Sylvia Davidow, Anita Kawaja, Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jonathan Massey, (Argued), Bethesda, MD, Mario D'Angelo, Hariton & D'Angelo, Great River, NY, Paul J. Napoli, Denise A. Rubin, Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Associates, Great River, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, Michael T. Scott, Paul B. Kerrigan, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Robert D. Rosenbaum, (Argued), Sarah M. Brackney, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee, Wyeth Corporation., Fred S. Longer, Arnold Levin, Michael D. Fishbein, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees, Plaintiffs' Management Committee and Plaintiffs' Class., William G. Frey, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Barry M. Klayman, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee, AHP Settlement Trust., Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney, Scott R. McIntosh, Christine N. Kohl, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus-Appellee, Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.