China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh
| China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh | |
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| Argued March 26, 2018 Decided June 11, 2018 | |
| Full case name | China Agritech, Inc. v. Michael H. Resh, et al. |
| Docket no. | 17-432 |
| Citations | 584 U.S. ___ (more) 138 S. Ct. 1800; 201 L. Ed. 2d 123 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Resh 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 | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor (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.