Legal Opinion

Farber v. Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 17, 2017No. 16-20742PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

E, GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge.

The class members get nothing. The attorneys get their fees. A class member objects, but untimely. Consequently, we lack appellate jurisdiction;

More specifically, this appeal arises from the district court’s approval of a zero-dollar class action settlement and award of attorneys’ fees in á consolidated lawsuit stemming from a merger between two Delaware entities: Crestwood Midstream Partners . LP (“Midstream”) and Crest-wood Equity Partners LP (“Equity”). In the class action lawsuit, Isaac Aron, a Midstream unitholder and the class representative, alleged that…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  2. Devlin v. ScardellettiSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Marino v. OrtizSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of WorldCom, Inc. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  5. Weinman v. Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund (In Re Integra Realty Resources, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. City Trading Fund v. NyeNew York Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Lawler v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2017
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