Legal Opinion

Levitt v. Sw. Airlines Co. (In re Sw. Airlines Voucher Litig.)

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 2, 2018No. 17-3541PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hamilton, Circuit Judge.

*742This is the third appeal regarding attorney fees to stem from a class action against Southwest Airlines after it stopped honoring in-flight drink vouchers for customers who bought "Business Select" fares. We thought the case was over after the first appeal, In re Southwest Airlines Voucher Litigation (Southwest I ), 799 F.3d 701 (7th Cir. 2015), because the settlement made the customers whole by giving them a replacement voucher. At least, it made whole the small group of customers who submitted claims.

After the appeal, class counsel-Siprut PC-requested additional…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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