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Litigation

Jan. 31, 2014

9th Circuit senior judge to take case in which chief judge is objector

A senior judge with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday to take a class action that turned into a hot potato because Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has objected to the settlement.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A senior judge with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday to take a federal class action that has turned into a hot potato after Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has objected to the settlement.


Three federal judges already have recused themselves from the case because of Kozinski's prominent role as an objector to a settlement over the Nissan Leaf car battery. But in an email, 9th Circu...

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