Coursen v. A.H. Robins Co., Inc., s. 84-3853
| Decision Date | 08 October 1985 |
| Docket Number | Nos. 84-3853,s. 84-3853 |
| Citation | 773 F.2d 1049 |
| Parties | Sarah COURSEN and Katherine Cook, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., a Virginia corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Pamela VAN DUYN, Terri Johnson, Joanna B. Kuhnhenn, Gayle McCann, Laurie Jo Franz, and Debbie Rohl, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., a Virginia corporation, Defendant-Appellee. to 84-3861. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Before GOODWIN and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and VUKASIN, * District Judge.
The original opinion in this matter, which appears at 764 F.2d 1329 (9th Cir.1985), contains a typographical error on page 1342. The sentence immediately following headnote 23 on page 1342 should be changed to read as follows: "While a plaintiff cannot appeal a voluntary dismissal without prejudice, he or she may appeal a dismissal with prejudice."
* The Honorable John P. Vukasin, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.
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