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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.

• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting objector’s “mere proffer of the prospect of a claim” that the lead plaintiffs had not raised
• noting that “the district court has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that the settlement is fair and not a product of collusion, and that the class members’ interests were represented adequately”
• noting that “the district court has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that the settlement is fair and not a product of collusion, and that the class members’ interests were represented adequately”
• stating that “the district court has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that the settlement is fair and not a product of collusion, and that the class members’ interests were represented adequately” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• emphasizing the need to “compare the terms of the compromise with the likely rewards of litigation”
• class counsel have obligation to all class members, whose interests should not be subordinated to those of class representatives

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).