Legal Opinion

Ginger McCall v. Facebook, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 20, 2012No. 10-16380, 10-16398PublishedCited by 233 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge HUG; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.

OPINION

HUG, Circuit Judge:

The question presented is whether the district court abused its discretion in approving the parties’ $9.5 million settlement agreement as “fair, reasonable, and adequate,” either because a Facebook employee sits on the board of the organization distributing cy pres funds or because the settlement amount was too low. We hold that it did not.

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Facebook is an online social network where members develop personalized web profiles to interact and share information with other members. The type of information members share…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
Hanlon v. Chrysler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
Staton v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by233 opinions

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