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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
CONLEY F. MONK, JR., JAMES BRIGGS, TOM COYNE, WILLIAM DOLPHIN, JIMMIE HUDSON, LYLE OBIE, STANLEY STOKES, WILLIAM JEROME WOOD, II,
Petitioners-Appellants v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee
2019-1094
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-1280, Chief Judge Margaret C. Bartley, Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge William S. Greenberg, Judge Michael P. Allen, Judge Amanda L. Mer-edith, Judge Joseph L. Toth, Senior Judge Robert N. Davis, Senior Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
Decided: October 20, 2020
LYNN K. NEUNER, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, argued for petitioners-appellants. Also ar-gued by ARJUN MODY, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Or-ganization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. Also represented by MICHAEL JOEL WISHNIE, JADE FORD, RENEE
Case: 19-1094 Document: 92 Page: 1 Filed: 10/20/2020
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A. BURBANK. MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-sented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN KRISCH, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. BENJAMIN C. BLOCK, Covington & Burling LLP, Wash-ington, DC, for amicus curiae National Veterans Legal Ser-vices Program. Also represented by ISAAC CHAIM BELFER, POOJA SHAH KOTHARI, ROBERT TYLER SANBORN; JORDAN JOACHIM, New York, NY; BARTON F. STICHMAN, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Washington, DC. JONATHAN FREIMAN, Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Ha-ven, CT, for amici curiae
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FedCir, Monk v. Wilkie, No. 2019-1094, (Decided: October 20, 2020); "commonality" standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2);
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit CONLEY F. MONK, JR., JAMES BRIGGS, TOM COYNE, WILLIAM DOLPHIN, JIMMIE HUDSON, LYLE OBIE, STANLEY STOKES, WILLIAM JEROME WOOD, II,Petitioners-Appellants v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee 2019-1094 Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No.
