Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1995No. 94-3912PublishedCited by 354 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Drug companies that manufacture blood solids are the defendants in a nationwide class action brought on behalf of hemophiliacs infected by the AIDS virus as a consequence of using the defendants’ products. The defendants have filed with us a petition for mandamus, asking us to direct the district judge to rescind his order certifying the case as a class action. We have no appellate jurisdiction over that order. An order certifying a class is not a final decision within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291; it does not wind up the litigation in the district court. And, in part…
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