Legal Opinion
In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, & Products Liability Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 23, 2017No. MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1056ORDER GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL OF VOLKSWAGEN BRANDED FRANCHISE DEALER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
CHARLES R. BREYER, United States District Judge
Just over one year ago, the public learned of Volkswagen’s deliberate use of a defeat device—software designed to cheat emissions tests and deceive federal and *1057state regulators—in nearly 600,000 Volks-wagens- and Audi-branded turbocharged direct injection (“TDI”) diesel engine vehicles sold in the United States. Litigation quickly ensued, and those actions were consolidated and assigned to this Court as a multidistrict litigation…
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