Carrie Schlaud, et al v. Rick Snyder, et al

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PER CURIAM OPINION and JUDGMENT filed : The district court's denial of class certification to the plaintiffs on the basis of the plaintiffs' failure to satisfy the adequacy-of-representation requirement in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)(4) is AFFIRMED. Decision for publication. Karen Nelson Moore and Deborah L. Cook, Circuit Judges; William O. Bertelsman, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation.

Case: 12-1105

Document: 55-3

Filed: 05/12/2015

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1105
CARRIE SCHLAUD; EDWARD J. GROSS;
NORA I. GROSS; PEGGY M. MASHKE;
DIANA ORR, and others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,

FILED
May 12, 2015
DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk

v.
RICK SNYDER, et al.,
Defendants,
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE,
AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA; MICHIGAN COUNCIL 25
OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE,
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES,
AFL-CIO; CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
TOGETHER MICHIGAN,
Defendants-Appellees.
Before: MOORE and COOK, Circuit Judges; BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
THIS CAUSE was heard on the record from the district court and submitted on the supplemental
briefs of counsel without oral argument.
IN CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, it is ORDERED that the district court’s denial of class
certification to the plaintiffs on the basis of the plaintiffs’ failure to satisfy the adequacy-of-representation
requirement in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)(4) is AFFIRMED.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

Deborah S. Hunt, Clerk