Legal Opinion
In re Diet Drugs
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 26, 2002No. 00-1393PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this matter involving competing mass tort class actions in federal and state courts, we address an interlocutory appeal in a complex multidistrict federal class action comprising six million members from an order enjoining a mass opt out of a state class. We will affirm.
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The underlying case involves two drugs, both appetite suppressants, fenfluramine— marketed as “Pondimin” — and dexfenflura-mine — marketed as “Redux.” Both drugs were in great demand. Between 1995 and 1997, four million people took Pondimin and two million people took Redux. In…
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