Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Kadant, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 23, 2009No. 09-1495PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal grows out of an action brought by four purchasers of allegedly defective products. Their complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, sought class certification and the recovery of class-wide damages against the manufacturer, its parent, and a firm that had acquired its assets.
Confronted by dispositive motions, Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), the district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The court entered judgment accordingly. The plaintiffs twice moved…
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