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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

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No. 15-3983

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IN RE: COMCAST CORP. SET-TOP CABLE TELEVISION BOX

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

James Deanne; William Gonzales; State of West Virginia,

Appellants

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On Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

(D.C. No. 2-09-md-02034)

District Judge: Honorable Anita B. Brody

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Submitted under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)

August 25, 2016

Before: FUENTES, KRAUSE, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges

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ORDER

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This case came to be considered on the record from the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was submitted pursuant to Third 

Circuit LAR 34.1(a) on August 25, 2016. 

Because the parties do not dispute that the District Court erred in denying 

certification to the proposed Settlement Class on the ground that the class was not 

ascertainable, and we are in agreement, we summarily REVERSE the judgment of the 

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District Court entered on November 5, 2015 and REMAND for further proceedings as 

appropriate in the District Court. The concern that a defendant be “able to test the 

reliability of the evidence submitted to prove class membership,” Carrera v. Bayer Corp., 

727 F.3d 300, 307 (3d. Cir. 2013), is not implicated by this case, where the defendant has 

agreed that the evidence regarding class membership is sufficiently reliable. Similarly, 

the concern that “[t]he method of determining whether someone is in the class . . . be 

administratively feasible,” id., is not implicated by this case, because the settlement 

agreement removes the need for a trial. See Sullivan v. DB Investments, Inc., 667 F.3d 

273, 335 (3d Cir. 2011) (Scirica, J. concurring).

By the Court,

 

 

s/ Cheryl Ann Krause 

 Circuit Judge

ATTEST:

s/Marcia M. Waldron

Clerk

Dated: August 31, 2016

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