Mauldin v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “the notice and claim forms, and the very modest monetary award that the average claimant would receive, were bound to discourage filings”
• noting that a cy pres award is supposed to be limited to money that can’t feasibly be awarded to the intended beneficiaries
• observing that the imposition of an unduly burdensome claims process typically stands to benefit defendants who can recover leftover funds
• reasoning that “class counsel requested and were awarded excessive compensation” where “the attorneys’ fees represented … an outlandish 69%” of the aggregate value of the consumer class action settlement
• explaining that \kicker\ clauses should face \a strong presumption of . . . invalidity\
• suggesting that fees as high as one-half might be reasonable under certain circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).