In Re Ford Motor Company Citibank South Dakota)

264 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 2001) IN RE: FORD MOTOR COMPANY/CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., CARDHOLDER REBATE PROGRAM LITIGATION JOHN B. MCCAULEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED; GERALD ESSIG; THOMAS WALTERS, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ON ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED; JEFFREY SCOTT MERRICK; JOHN LAGROU; HOWARD S. HORNREICH; LYNETTE M. HORNREICH, HUSBAND AND WITH ON THEIR OWN AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED; AND RICKY A. COPELAND, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; CITIBANK, A NEW YORK CORPORATION; DOES 1 THROUGH 10 INCLUSIVE; FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS. No. 99-36115,, 99-36206, (Consolidated) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted June 8, 2001--Seattle, Washington Filed September 6, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] Counsel Sidney R. Snyder, Jr., Esq., Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, Seattle, Washington; John H. Beisner, Esq., O'Melveny…