Legal Opinion
Theodore H. Frank v. Netflix, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2015No. 12-15705, 12-15889, 12-15957, 12-15996, 12-16010, 12-16038PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Chief Judge:
In this appeal, class members challenge the district court’s approval of a settlement between Walmart 1 and a class of Netflix DVD subscribers arguing, among other matters, that the gift card portion of the settlement constituted a coupon settlement within the meaning of the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), Pub.L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005). We hold that the settlement was fair and that the fee award was proper, and we affirm the district court.
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Before its focus changed to streaming video, Netflix’s primary business was renting DVDs to subscribers online and…
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