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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that a “district court's determination on the maintainability of a class action may be conditional and may be altered or amended before the decision on the merits.”
• noting that while some class action 5 settlements allow for a second opportunity to opt out, “they are unusual”
• noting that “voluntary conciliation 11 and settlement are the preferred means of dispute resolution”
• noting that the list of factors is “by no means an exhaustive list”
• noting that the list of factors is “by no means an exhaustive list”
• noting that, while “the district court may suggest modifications,” it “may not delete, modify, or substitute certain provisions” of the settlement agreement but rather “must consider the proposal as a whole and as submitted”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).