Legal Opinion
Levitt v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. Nos. 13-3264, 13-3462, 14-2591, 14-2602 and 14-2495PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
These appeals present several issues concerning class action litigation and settlements. The most general is whether the “coupon settlement” provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1712, allowed the district court to award class counsel an attorney fee based on the lodestar method rather than the value of the redeemed coupons. Our answer to that question is yes.
In August 2010, Southwest Airlines stopped honoring certain in-flight drink vouchers issued to customers who had bought “Business Select” fares. Southwest customers Adam Levitt and Herbert…
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