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· 8/11/1980

Federal Case

Citations

  • 627 F.2d 631
  • 30 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 141
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14957

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that at the preliminary approval stage, there need only be “probable cause to submit the [settlement] to class members and hold a full scale hearing as to its fairness”
  • noting that at the preliminary approval stage, there need only be “probable cause to submit the [settlement] to class members and hold a full scale hearing as to its fairness”
  • denying writ where district court disapproved settlement agreement, noting that \[t]he likelihood that class members will find it tedious and time consuming to prove their losses does not make this an out-of-the-ordinary case\
  • “[Preliminary approval] is at most a determination that there is what might be termed ‘probable cause’ to submit the proposal to class members and hold a full-scale hearing as to its fairness.”
  • “[Preliminary approval] is at most a determination that there is what might be termed ‘probable cause’ to submit the proposal to class members and hold a full-scale hearing as to its fairness.”
  • “[Preliminary approval] is at most a determination that there is what might be termed ‘probable cause’ to submit the proposal to class members and hold a full-scale hearing as to its fairness.”

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