City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation

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• noting that the Court considers “the risks of establishing liability,” “the risks of establishing damages,” and “the risks of maintaining the class action through the trial”
• rejecting contention that the court erred when it approved a settlement and acquiesced in the settlement's assumption of the existence of a proper class
• refusing to review standing question on interlocutory appeal because resolution of issue was merely a “‘step[] towards final judgment in 15 which [it] will merge’”
• weighing the complexity, expense, likely duration of the litigation, and risks of litigation against the plaintiffs’ best possible recovery and the ability of defendants to withstand a greater judgment.
• applying Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15 (1970)
• setting forth complementary factors to be considered in conjunction with Rule 23(e)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).