Legal Opinion
In Re Constar International Inc. Securities Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 29, 2009No. 08-2461PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
In this securities class action, defendants Constar International, Crown Holdings, Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup Global Markets, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Lazard Freres & Co. appeal the District Court’s Order granting class certification. Defendants argue that the District Court erred by adopting a liberal construction of Rule 23 in favor of class certification, by not conducting a rigorous analysis of the Rule 23 requirements for class certification — especially as to the predominance inquiry — and by failing…
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