China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh

China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh
Argued March 26, 2018
Decided June 11, 2018
Full case nameChina Agritech, Inc. v. Michael H. Resh, et al.
Docket no.17-432
Citations584 U.S. ___ (more)
138 S. Ct. 1800; 201 L. Ed. 2d 123
Case history
PriorResh v. China Agritech, Inc., No. 14-cv-05083, 2014 WL 12599849 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 1, 2014); reversed, 857 F.3d 994 (9th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 543 (2017).
Holding
Upon denial of class certification, a putative class member may not, in lieu of promptly joining an existing suit or promptly filing an individual action, commence a class action anew beyond the time allowed by the applicable statute of limitations.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinions
MajorityGinsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch
ConcurrenceSotomayor (in judgment)

China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, holding that upon denial of class certification, a putative class member may not, in lieu of promptly joining an existing suit or promptly filing an individual action, commence a class action anew beyond the time allowed by the applicable statute of limitations.