United States Sixth Circuit

In personal injury case involving toxic substances, the Court affirmed the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for class certification and the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants, finding that the state's one year statute of limitations had passed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/27/2004
• Decided 07/15/2004
• Published 07/15/2004

Judges

• Before GUY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  BARZILAY, Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George E. Barrett (briefed), Edmund L. Carey, Jr. (argued and briefed), Barrett, Johnston & Parsley, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• E.H. Rayson (briefed), Thomas M. Hale (briefed), Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, Knoxville, TN, Kevin T. Van Wart (briefed), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Christopher Landau (argued and briefed), Susan E. Kearns, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, John T. Buckingham, Assistant United States Attorney (argued and briefed) U.S. Attorneys Office, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.