Legal Opinion
In re Prudential Securities Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 29, 1995No. MDL Docket No. 1005; No. M-21-67 (MP)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge:
Plaintiffs, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, have moved for: certification of a settlement class; preliminary approval of the proposed class action settlement with certain defendants; and approval of the form and manner of notice to be provided to Class Members.
PRELIMINARY
After several years of vigorous litigation in this multi-district action and its constituent cases (as well as related state court actions), and months of intense negotiations, plaintiffs have reached a settlement with the PSI Settling Defendants.1 If…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. GilbertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- 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
- Eisenberg v. GagnonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Cotton v. HintonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. LaBranche & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- In re Sumitomo Copper LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Bolanos v. Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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