Legal Opinion
Ballard v. Martin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 5, 2002No. 01-1185PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert L. Brown, Justice.
This is a check-cashing case that presents the issue of whether a class-action settlement was fair and adequate. The appellants are two groups of intervenors, Teresa Ballard et al. and Stephen Cain et al. (collectively referred to as Ballard and Cain). The appellees are Sheila Martin and Jimmie Sue Spencer, individually and on behalf of the class (collectively referred to as Martin), who represent the original class of plaintiffs in this litigation, as well as Westark Financial Consultants of Jonesboro, Inc. (Westark), together with eighteen other check-cashing…
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