In Re Kroger Co. Shareholders Litigation

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal, the transcript of the docket, journal entries and original papers from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, the transcripts of the proceedings, the briefs and the arguments of counsel.

Plaintiffs-appellants Kenneth Peller and Sidney Kaufman have taken the instant appeal from the order of the trial court certifying this action as a class action and from the court's entry of judgment approving the settlement of the class action and awarding plaintiffs attorneys' fees and expenses. The appellants challenge on appeal the certification of the…