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Litigation

Dec. 24, 2013

9th Circuit chief judge's objection to settlement leaves case in limbo

The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, has put the federal bench in a pickle by objecting to a class action settlement.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, has put the federal bench in a pickle by objecting to a class action settlement.


After one judge recused himself from the class action because of Kozinski's involvement, a second district court judge did the same on Thursday in the case involving alleged defects in an electric car battery. Last week, U.S. District Judge Be...

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