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`FOR PUBLICATION
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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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`FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
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`FILED
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`AUG 3 2021
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`MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
`U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
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`No. 19-56514
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`D.C. No.
`3:15-md-02670-JLS-MDD
`Southern District of California,
`San Diego
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`ORDER
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`OLEAN WHOLESALE GROCERY
`COOPERATIVE, INC., BEVERLY
`YOUNGBLOOD, PACIFIC
`GROSERVICE, INC., DBA Pitco Foods,
`CAPITOL HILL SUPERMARKET,
`LOUISE ANN DAVIS MATTHEWS,
`JAMES WALNUM, COLIN MOORE,
`JENNIFER A. NELSON, ELIZABETH
`DAVIS-BERG, LAURA CHILDS; NANCY
`STILLER; BONNIE VANDERLAAN;
`KRISTIN MILLICAN; TREPCO IMPORTS
`AND DISTRIBUTION, LTD.;
`JINKYOUNG MOON; COREY NORRIS;
`CLARISSA SIMON; AMBER SARTORI;
`NIGEL WARREN; AMY JOSEPH;
`MICHAEL JUETTEN; CARLA LOWN;
`TRUYEN TON-VUONG, AKA David Ton;
`A-1 DINER; DWAYNE KENNEDY; RICK
`MUSGRAVE; DUTCH VILLAGE
`RESTAURANT; LISA BURR; LARRY
`DEMONACO; MICHAEL BUFF; ELLEN
`PINTO; ROBBY REED; BLAIR HYSNI;
`DENNIS YELVINGTON; KATHY
`DURAND GORE; THOMAS E.
`WILLOUGHBY III; ROBERT FRAGOSO;
`SAMUEL SEIDENBURG; JANELLE
`ALBARELLO; MICHAEL COFFEY;
`JASON WILSON; JADE CANTERBURY;
`NAY ALIDAD; GALYNA
`ANDRUSYSHYN; ROBERT BENJAMIN;
`BARBARA BUENNING; DANIELLE
`GREENBERG; SHERYL HALEY; LISA
`HALL; TYA HUGHES; MARISSA
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`JACOBUS; GABRIELLE KURDT; ERICA
`PRUESS; SETH SALENGER; HAROLD
`STAFFORD; CARL LESHER; SARAH
`METIVIER SCHADT; GREG STEARNS;
`KARREN FABIAN; MELISSA
`BOWMAN; VIVEK DRAVID; JODY
`COOPER; DANIELLE JOHNSON;
`HERBERT H. KLIEGERMAN; BETH
`MILLINER; LIZA MILLINER; JEFFREY
`POTVIN; STEPHANIE GIPSON;
`BARBARA LYBARGER; SCOTT A.
`CALDWELL; RAMON RUIZ; THYME
`CAFE & MARKET, INC.; HARVESTERS
`ENTERPRISES, LLC; AFFILIATED
`FOODS, INC.; PIGGLY WIGGLY
`ALABAMA DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.;
`ELIZABETH TWITCHELL; TINA
`GRANT; JOHN TRENT; BRIAN LEVY;
`LOUISE ADAMS; MARC BLUMSTEIN;
`JESSICA BREITBACH; SALLY
`CRNKOVICH; PAUL BERGER;
`STERLING KING; EVELYN OLIVE;
`BARBARA BLUMSTEIN; MARY
`HUDSON; DIANA MEY; ASSOCIATED
`GROCERS OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.;
`NORTH CENTRAL DISTRIBUTORS,
`LLC; CASHWA DISTRIBUTING CO. OF
`KEARNEY, INC.; URM STORES, INC.;
`WESTERN FAMILY FOODS, INC.;
`ASSOCIATED FOOD STORES, INC.;
`GIANT EAGLE, INC.; MCLANE
`COMPANY, INC.; MEADOWBROOK
`MEAT COMPANY, INC.; ASSOCIATED
`GROCERS, INC.; BILO HOLDING, LLC;
`WINNDIXIE STORES, INC.; JANEY
`MACHIN; DEBRA L. DAMSKE; KEN
`DUNLAP; BARBARA E. OLSON; JOHN
`PEYCHAL; VIRGINIA RAKIPI; ADAM
`BUEHRENS; CASEY CHRISTENSEN;
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`SCOTT DENNIS; BRIAN
`DEPPERSCHMIDT; AMY E.
`WATERMAN; CENTRAL GROCERS,
`INC.; ASSOCIATED GROCERS OF
`FLORIDA, INC.; BENJAMIN FOODS
`LLC; ALBERTSONS COMPANIES LLC;
`H.E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY;
`HYVEE, INC.; THE KROGER CO.;
`LESGO PERSONAL CHEF LLC; KATHY
`VANGEMERT; EDY YEE; SUNDE
`DANIELS; CHRISTOPHER TODD;
`PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.;
`WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.; ROBERT
`SKAFF; WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS,
`INC.; JULIE WIESE; MEIJER
`DISTRIBUTION, INC.; DANIEL
`ZWIRLEIN; MEIJER, INC.; SUPERVALU
`INC.; JOHN GROSS & COMPANY;
`SUPER STORE INDUSTRIES; W LEE
`FLOWERS & CO INC.; FAMILY
`DOLLAR SERVICES, LLC; AMY
`JACKSON; FAMILY DOLLAR STORES,
`INC.; KATHERINE MCMAHON;
`DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.;
`JONATHAN RIZZO; GREENBRIER
`INTERNATIONAL, INC.; JOELYNA A.
`SAN AGUSTIN; ALEX LEE, INC.;
`REBECCA LEE SIMOENS; BIG Y
`FOODS, INC.; DAVID TON; KVAT
`FOOD STORES, INC., DBA Food City;
`AFFILIATED FOODS MIDWEST
`COOPERATIVE, INC.; MERCHANTS
`DISTRIBUTORS, LLC; BROOKSHIRE
`BROTHERS, INC.; SCHNUCK
`MARKETS, INC.; BROOKSHIRE
`GROCERY COMPANY; KMART
`CORPORATION; CERTCO, INC.;
`RUSHIN GOLD, LLC, DBA The Gold
`Rush; UNIFIED GROCERS, INC.;
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`TARGET CORPORATION; SIMON-
`HINDI, LLC; FAREWAY STORES, INC.;
`MORAN FOODS, LLC, DBA Save-A-Lot;
`WOODMAN'S FOOD MARKET, INC.;
`DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION;
`SAM'S EAST, INC.; DOLGENCORP, LLC;
`SAM'S WEST, INC.; KRASDALE FOODS,
`INC.; WALMART STORES EAST, LLC;
`CVS PHARMACY, INC.; WALMART
`STORES EAST, LP; BASHAS' INC.;
`WAL-MART STORES TEXAS, LLC;
`MARC GLASSMAN, INC.; WAL-MART
`STORES, INC.; 99 CENTS ONLY
`STORES; JESSICA BARTLING; AHOLD
`U.S.A., INC.; GAY BIRNBAUM;
`DELHAIZE AMERICA, LLC; SALLY
`BREDBERG; ASSOCIATED
`WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.; KIM
`CRAIG; MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER;
`GLORIA EMERY; ERBERT &
`GERBERT'S, INC.; ANA GABRIELA
`FELIX GARCIA; JANET MACHEN;
`JOHN FRICK; PAINTED PLATE
`CATERING; KATHLEEN GARNER;
`ROBERT ETTEN; ANDREW GORMAN;
`GROUCHO'S DELI OF FIVE POINTS,
`LLC; EDGARDO GUTIERREZ;
`GROUCHO'S DELI OF RALEIGH;
`ZENDA JOHNSTON; SANDEE'S
`CATERING; STEVEN KRATKY;
`CONFETTI'S ICE CREAM SHOPPE;
`KATHY LINGNOFSKI; END PAYER
`PLAINTIFFS; LAURA MONTOYA;
`KIRSTEN PECK; JOHN PELS; VALERIE
`PETERS; ELIZABETH PERRON; AUDRA
`RICKMAN; ERICA C. RODRIGUEZ,
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` Plaintiffs-Appellees,
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` Plaintiffs,
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`JESSICA DECKER, JOSEPH A.
`LANGSTON, SANDRA POWERS,
`GRAND SUPERCENTER, INC., THE
`CHEROKEE NATION, US FOODS, INC.,
`SYSCO CORPORATION, GLADYS, LLC,
`SPARTANNASH COMPANY, BRYAN
`ANTHONY REO,
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`BUMBLE BEE FOODS LLC; TRI-UNION
`SEAFOODS, LLC, DBA Chicken of the Sea
`International, DBA Thai Union Group PCL,
`DBA Thai Union North America, Inc.;
`STARKIST CO.; DONGWON
`INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; THAI UNION
`GROUP PCL,
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` and
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`KING OSCAR, INC.; THAI UNION
`FROZEN PRODUCTS PCL; DEL MONTE
`FOODS COMPANY; TRI MARINE
`INTERNATIONAL, INC.; DONGWON
`ENTERPRISES; DEL MONTE CORP.;
`CHRISTOPHER D. LISCHEWSKI; LION
`CAPITAL (AMERICAS), INC.; BIG
`CATCH CAYMAN LP, AKA Lion/Big
`Catch Cayman LP; FRANCIS T
`ENTERPRISES; GLOWFISCH
`HOSPITALITY; THAI UNION NORTH
`AMERICA, INC.,
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` Defendants-Appellants,
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` Defendants.
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`Case 3:15-md-02670-JLS-MDD Document 2613 Filed 08/03/21 PageID.232094 Page 6 of 6
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`THOMAS, Chief Judge:
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`Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that
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`this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a)
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`and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel opinion is vacated.
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`Judges McKeown, Wardlaw, Berzon, Owens, Miller, Collins, Bress, and
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`Forrest did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case.
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