Legal Opinion
Devlin v. Scardelletti
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 2002No. 01-417PublishedCited by 471 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Petitioner, a nonnamed member of a class certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(1), sought to appeal the approval of a settlement over objections he stated at the fairness hearing. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that he lacked the power to bring such an appeal because he was not a named class representative and because *4he had not successfully moved to intervene in the litigation. We now reverse.
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Petitioner Robert Devlin, a retired worker represented by the Transportation Communications International Union (Union), participates in a defined benefits pension…
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