Unanimous U.S. High Court Reverses 9th Circuit On Class Appeal Exception

Mealey's (February 26, 2019, 11:21 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in applying a flexible tolling approach to a class appeal, the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 26, holding that the 14-day deadline in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f), Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f), “is not subject to equitable tolling” (Nutraceutical Corporation v. Troy Lambert, No. 17-1094, U.S. Sup.)....