Legal Opinion
Mirfasihi v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 29, 2004No. 03-1069PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Class members have appealed, challenging the class-action settlement approved by the district judge. The judge ordered the challengers to post a $3.15 million appeal bond on the ground that if the settlement were delayed Fleet would lose the ability to pay the amounts that it had agreed to pay in the settlement. There was no basis for this concern, and we vacated the bond.
The suit was brought on behalf of approximately 1.6 million persons whose home mortgages were owned by Fleet Mortgage Corporation. It charges that without their permission Fleet transmitted information…
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