Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Texas Automobile Dealers Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 2004No. 03-40691PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The Texas Automobile Dealers Association (“TADA”) and some of its members appeal, 1 pursuant to Fed.R.CivP. 23(f), the conditional certification of a plaintiff class of millions of consumers who have purchased a car in Texas since 1994. Because the proposed class does not meet the requirements of Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3), we reverse the certification and remand.
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Effective January 1, 1994, Texas altered the manner in which it calculated and assessed the Vehicle Inventory Tax (“VIT”) imposed on automobile dealers. Before the alteration, the tax was just another…
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