Legal Opinion
In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 8, 2009No. Civil Action No. 05-4182PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*343 ORDER AND REASONS
STANWOOD R. DUVAL, JR., District Judge.
Before the Court is a Motion for Approval of a Proposed Class Action Settlement (Rec. Doc.16647) (“Mot.”). This proposed class settlement represents the first recovery against a government agency that has been charged with liability arising out of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. While the prospect of a recovery more than four years after these storms is long due, any such hope must be tempered by the fact that this settlement, as a limited fund settlement, will bind all putative class members without the ability to opt-out, and it will…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- In Re Katrina Canal Breaches LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Sales Practices LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation v. Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- In Re: Katrina Canal BreachesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010