Legal Opinion
In Re: Prudential Insurance Company of America Sales Practice Litigation Marvin Lowe and Alice Lowe
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 2, 2001No. 00-1389PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises in the wake of the settlement of a nationwide class action against The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Two policyholders who were members of the class appeal the district court’s order enjoining them from prosecuting suits they filed in state court in Florida based upon policies that were eligible for inclusion in the nationwide class, but which the plaintiffs excluded from the terms of the class settlement. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1
A large group of policy holders started a…
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