Hesse v. Sprint Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “superficial similarity” is insufficient to meet the identical factual predicate test
• allowing limited collateral review of the adequacy of representation where the class action court did not make sufficient findings on the issue
• acknowledging the general rule as well as exception for “constitutionally infirm” state-court judgments
• “The superficial similarity between the two class actions is insufficient to justify the release of the later claims by the settlement of the former.”
• “Even apart from 20 || [inadequate representation], a settlement agreement’s bare assertion that a party will 21 |
• “[The claim] is based on a different set of operative 7 facts and is not merely an alternative remedy or theory of recovery.”

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