DENVER (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court ruled that three defendants should be removed from a RICO class action lawsuit.

The three-judge panel said as the class certification decision pertains to Florida law firm Broad and Cassel, Ronald Gache and Carl Romano, it reversed the district court’s decision to certify a class against them. The panel affirmed the district court’s decision to certify the class against the other defendants, according to the Dec. 8 opinion filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.