Court Opinion

ID: 9483636
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:27:16.318133+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:44.960589
License: Public Domain

WALD, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the judgment:
I agree with my colleagues that we have no jurisdiction over this appeal, but I write separately because I do not believe that we need to determine whether Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co., 487 U.S. 312, 108 S.Ct. 2405, 101 L.Ed.2d 285 (1988), applies to all class actions to reach that conclusion. Because the only individual named on the notice of this appeal is dead, no current member of the class has appealed the district court’s decision. We have previously stated that even in class actions, “et al.” would not provide jurisdiction where no proper individual party has appealed, see Walsh v. Ford Motor Co., 945 F.2d 1188, 1192 (D.C.Cir.1991), and that guidance is sufficient to dispose of this case. We also said in Walsh: “Delineation for this circuit of what Buie 3(c) requires in class actions ... should await the advent of litigation in which the named party appears qualified to pursue the appeal.” Id. That admonition is still sound today.