e-Journal Summary

e-Journal Number : 85130
Opinion Date : 01/29/2026
e-Journal Date : 02/02/2026
Court : U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
Case Name : Clippinger v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co.
Practice Area(s) : Litigation
Judge(s) : Sutton, Moore, Clay, Griffin, Kethledge, Thapar, Bush, Larsen, Nalbandian, Readler, Murphy, Davis, Mathis, Bloomekatz, Ritz, and Hermandorfer
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Issues:

Class certification; FedRCivP 23(b)(3); Whether the class members had standing; Breach of contract as a “concrete injury” for standing purposes; Whether undergoing appraisals mooted their claims; Whether the putative class satisfied the Rule 23(a) requirements; Whether the named plaintiff’s claims were “typical” of the class; Adequate class representative; “Predominance” prong of Rule 23(b)(3); Superiority; Rule 23’s implicit “ascertainability” requirement

Summary

In an order on petition for rehearing en banc, a majority of the judges in regular active service voted for rehearing en banc of this case, vacating the previous opinion and judgment (see eJournal #84495 in the 10/20/25 edition), staying the mandate, and restoring the case on the docket as a pending appeal.

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