Legal Opinion
In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 28, 2005No. 01-12239-WGYPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. General Considerations
This is a nationwide consumer class action. The Court has certified an expanded fifty-state class solely for the purpose of settlement. See Amckem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591, 620, 117 S.Ct. 2231, 138 L.Ed.2d 689 (1997) (certifying a class for settlement purposes only). Before the Court may approve this class action settlement, it must find that the settlement “is fair, reasonable, and adequate.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e)(2). As explained in the Manual for Complex Litigation:
[T]he judge is required to scrutinize the…
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