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A forum non conveniens determination is different from what is at issue here, for class certification is often entwined with substantive conclusions of state law. [6] See Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 768 ("Determining the permissible scope of litigation is as much substantive as it is procedural.").

A forum non conveniens determination is different from what is at issue here, for class certification is often entwined with substantive conclusions of state law. 6 See Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 768 (“Determining the permissible scope of litigation is as much substantive as it is procedural.”).

See Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 768 (“unnamed class members have the status of parties for many purposes and are bound by [MDL court rulings] whether or not the court otherwise would have had personal jurisdiction over them”); In re Diet Drugs, 282 F.3d 220, 231 (3rd Cir. 2002) (“the District Court had personal jurisdiction over all unnamed members of the [MDL] class, including those members of the [state court] class.

Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497, 508 (2001); In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 767 (7th Cir. 2003), abrogated on other grounds, Smith v. Bayer Corp., 564 U.S. 299 (2011).

Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497, 508 (2001); In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 767 (7th Cir. 2003), abrogated on other grounds, Smith v. Bayer Corp., 564 U.S. 299 (2011).

In In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products, Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 769 (7th Cir.2003), the Seventh Circuit held: [A] person who opts out receives the right to go it alone, not to launch a competing class action.

In re Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F. 3d, at 766, 767.

In re Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F. 3d, at 766, 767.

For the application of these principles in class action suits, see, e.g., In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 768 (7th Cir.2003); In re VMS Securities Litigation, 103 F.3d 1317 , 1323-24 (7th Cir.1996); Winkler v. Eli Lilly & Co., 101 F.3d 1196 , 1200-01 and n. 4 (7th Cir.1996).

Having done so, it would also appear that Hall has no standing to object to the Runyan settlement or appeal the Runyan judgment. "[A] person who opts out [of a certified class] receives the right to go it alone, not to launch a competing class action.” In re Baycol Products Litigation, 593 F.3d 716, 725 (8th Cir.2010) (quoting In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 769 (7th Cir.2003)).

Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 768-69.

“Having sought and obtained a decision on the master complaint, class counsel are in no position to treat the resolution as irrelevant and start anew.” Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 767.

Bridgestone, 333 F.3d at 765.

Bridgestone, 333 F.3d at 765.

(See also In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products, supra, 333 F.3d at p. 769 [“[a]bsent class members are bound provided that the named representatives and their lawyers furnished adequate representation, which they did”].) Additional questions regarding the Alvarez court’s virtual representation analysis are potentially raised by the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Taylor v. Sturgell, supra, 553 U.S. _ [ 128 S.Ct. 2161 ].

Bridgestone/Firestone, 333 F.3d at 766.

Absent class members are bound provided that the named representatives and their lawyers furnished adequate representation, which they did.” (Bridgestone/Firestone, supra, 333 F.3d at p. 769.) The plaintiffs in Bridgestone/Firestone argued that absent members could not be bound because they had not been provided notice and an opportunity to opt out of the certification decision.

For purposes of issue preclusion, a “ ‘final judgment’ includes any prior adjudication of an issue in another action that is determined to be sufficiently firm to be accorded conclusive effect.” In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 767 (7th Cir.2003).

For purposes of issue preclusion, a "`final judgment' includes any prior adjudication of an issue in another action that is determined to be sufficiently firm to be accorded conclusive effect." In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 767 (7th Cir.2003).

In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 766 (7th Cir.2003).

In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 766 (7th Cir. 2003).

In Bridgestone/Firestone, the *1190 defendants sought an injunction to prevent the plaintiffs from obtaining nationwide class certification in other forums because the federal court had denied certification earlier. 333 F.3d at 765.

Hand, J.); cf. Devlin v. Scardelletti, 536 U.S. 1, 7-8 (2002); In re Bridgestone/ Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 768 (7th Cir. 2003); Cordoza v. Pacific States Steel Corp., 320 F.3d 989, 995-96 (9th Cir. 2003).

Hand, J.); cf. Devlin v. Scardelletti, 536 U.S. 1, 7-8 , 122 S.Ct. 2005 , 153 L.Ed.2d 27 (2002); In re Bridgestone/ Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763, 768 (7th Cir.2003); Cordoza v. Pacific States Steel Corp., 320 F.3d 989, 995-96 (9th Cir.2003).

Id. at 769.

See 333 F.3d 763 , 768 (7th Cir.2003). 8 .

See id., 766 .

See 333 F.3d at 767-69 .

See 333 F.3d at 767-69 .

Draft No. 1 1973)); see also In re Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., 333 F.3d 763 , 767 (7th Cir.2003) (“[F]or the purposes of issue preclusion (as distinguished from merger and bar), ‘final judgement’ includes any prior adjudication of an issue in another action that is determined to be sufficiently firm to be accorded conclusive effect.”).