William REED, Jr., Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and United Auto Workers, Local Union 276, Defendants-Appellees

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• holding that while total number of objectors is not dispositive, it is one factor that courts should consider in conducting a fairness evaluation
• affirming the district court’s approval of a settlement despite “the objections of twenty-three of twenty-seven named plaintiffs and nearly forty percent of the 1,517 member class”
• approving settlement “over the objections of twenty-three of twenty-seven named plaintiffs and nearly forty percent of the 1,517 member class”
• upholding a settlement approval over the objections of 23 out of the 27 named plaintiffs
• recognizing the court is not to try the case
• “The very purpose of [a class action] compromise is to avoid the delay and expense of ... trial”

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