Dennis Speerly v. General Motors, LLC

123 F.4th 840

Opinion

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 24a0271p.06

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

┐ DENNIS SPEERLY; JOSEPH SIERCHIO; DARRIN │ DEGRAND; DANIEL DRAIN; WAVERS SMITH; RICHARD │ FREEMAN; CHRISTOPHER GILES; LOUIS RAY; RICHARD │ SULLIVAN; JAMES NORVELL; MICHAEL BANKS; GUY │ CLARK; MARIA BARALLARDOS; CARY SHERROW; > JASON KEVIN SINCLAIR; KIMBERLY COULSON; TROY │ No. 23-1940 COULSON; ANDRE MCQUADE; DONALD DYKSHORN; │ TAIT THOMAS; JAMES PAUL BROWNE; WILLIAM │ FREDO; JON ELLARD; RHIANNA MEYERS; RANDALL │ JACOBS; MICHAEL PONDER; PHILIP WEEKS; KATRINA │ FREDO; JIMMY FLOWERS; STEVEN BRACK; KEVIN │ WESLEY; BRIAN LLOYD; GREGORY BUTSCHA; JERRY │ CARROLL; KIMBERLY CARROLL; DOMINIC EATHERTON; │ THOMAS EDMONDSON; RICHARD FILIAGGI; ROBERT │ HIGGINS; DAVID THOMPSON; DONALD SICURA, │ Plaintiffs-Appellees, │ │ │ v. │ │ GENERAL MOTORS, LLC, │ Defendant-Appellant. │ ┘

On Petition for Rehearing En Banc United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit. Nos. 2:19-cv-11044; 2:19-cv-11802; 2:19-cv-11808; 2:19-cv-11875; 2:19-cv-12371—David M. Lawson, District Judge.

Decided and Filed: December 19, 2024

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; MOORE, CLAY, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, STRANCH, THAPAR, BUSH, LARSEN, NALBANDIAN, READLER, MURPHY, MATHIS, BLOOMEKATZ, and RITZ, Circuit Judges.*

* Hon. Stephanie Dawkins Davis is recused from participation in this case. No. 23-1940 Speerly, et al. v. General Motors, LLC Page 2

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COUNSEL

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC: Richard C. Godfrey, R. Allan Pixton, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, John F. Bash, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Austin, Texas, Renee D. Smith, Cole T. Carter, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Jason M. Wilcox, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., Stephanie A. Douglas, BUSH SEYFERTH PLLC, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. ON RESPONSE: Douglas J. McNamara, Karina Puttieva, Madelyn Petersen, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Washington, D.C., Theodore J. Leopold, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John M. Thomas, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kyle M. Asher, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, Stephen A. D’Aunoy, KLEIN THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, St. Louis, Missouri, Brandon L. Boxler, KLEIN THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, Richmond, Virginia, Brian D. Schmalzbach, MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, Wendy Liu, PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae. _________________

ORDER _________________

A majority of the Judges of this Court in regular active service has voted for rehearing en banc of this case. Under Sixth Circuit Rule 40(d), “[a] decision to grant rehearing en banc vacates the previous opinion and judgment of the court, stays the mandate, and restores the case on the docket as a pending appeal.”

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the previous decision and judgment of this court are vacated, the mandate is stayed, and this case is restored to the docket as a pending appeal.

The Clerk will direct the parties to file supplemental briefs and will schedule this case for oral argument as soon as possible.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

__________________________________ Kelly L. Stephens, Clerk