Legal Opinion
In re Sumitomo Copper Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 7, 1999No. 96 Civ. 4584 MPPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs have moved for an order granting final certification of the settlement Class1 and for approval of the proposed settlements with four groups of defendants involving an aggregate of $134,600,000 as fair, reasonable and adequate, and in pursuance of the requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
These settlements (which, with interest, has now grown to in excess of $139,000,000) are reportedly2 the largest class action recoveries in the more than seventy-five year history of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”), 7 U.S.C.…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Berkey Photo, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Eastman Kodak Company, Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- In Re Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 2001
- Sumitomo Copper Litigation v. Credit Lyonnais Rouse, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- In re Marsh Erisa LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- In re Merrill Lynch Tyco Research Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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