Legal Opinion
Daniel Greenberg v. Procter & Gamble Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 2, 2013No. 11-4156PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKethledge, J., joined by Thapar, D. J.,
COLE, J. (pp. 723-24), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Class-action settlements are different from other settlements. The parties to an ordinary settlement bargain away only their own rights — which is why ordinary settlements do not require court approval. In contrast, class-action settlements affect not only the interests of the parties and counsel who negotiate them, but also the interests of unnamed class members who by definition are not present during the negotiations. And thus there is always the danger that the parties and counsel will bargain…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Staton v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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