· 1/29/2004
Mirfasihi v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.
Citations
- 356 F.3d 781
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reversing district court’s approval of settlement and criticizing court for failing to carefully scrutinize the settlement’s terms to ensure class counsel was acting as “honest fiduciaries”
- finding cy pres appropriate based on “the infeasibility of distributing the proceeds of the settlement ... to class members”
- reversing district court's approval of settlement and criticizing court for failing to carefully scrutinize the settlement's terms to ensure class counsel was acting as \honest fiduciaries\
- rejecting a settlement because it was feasible to compensate class members individually
- rejecting a settlement because it was feasible to compensate class members individually
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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Rovner
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