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Third Circuit orders supplemental briefing in case challenging a federal court's ability to certify a nationwide state law indirect purchaser antitrust class action for purposes of settlement

Third Circuit orders supplemental briefing in case challenging a federal court's ability to certify nationwide state law indirect purchaser antitrust class actions for purposes of settlement: You can access today's quite fascinating order of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

The original three-judge panel's now-vacated ruling in the case can be accessed here. My earlier coverage of this case, in which I serve as appellate counsel for the objector whose arguments prevailed before the original three-judge panel, can be accessed here.

Today's Third Circuit order appears to invite amicus briefs from parties interested in the sort of antitrust and federalism issues that this case presents. Already, since the time that the Third Circuit granted rehearing en banc, three Class Counsel-friendly amicus briefs have been filed. Last week, I submitted for filing in the Third Circuit this response to those amicus briefs.

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).