Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc.
396 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 755 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that decision to grant or reject objector's motion for discovery regarding fairness of settlement depended on "whether or not the District Court had before it sufficient facts intelligently to approve the settlement offer"
City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation
495 F.2d 448 (2d Cir. 1974) Cited 1,389 timesHolding that Section 4 does not authorize award of attorney's fees to a plaintiff who settles his claim with the defendant
D'Amato v. Deutsche Bank
236 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 411 timesHolding that the district court properly concluded that 18 objections from a class of 27,883 weighed in favor of settlement
In re Agent Orange Prod. Liab. Litig.
818 F.2d 145 (2d Cir. 1987) Cited 422 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that with respect to a 23(b) class, unidentified absent class members that could not be located through reasonable efforts did not need to be provided with individual notice in order to be bound
Weinberger v. Kendrick
698 F.2d 61 (2d Cir. 1982) Cited 487 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a "clearer showing of a settlement's fairness, reasonableness and adequacy" is required for a settlement reached "prior to class certification," though "we have long recognized that a district court's disposition of a proposed class action settlement should be accorded considerable deference"
In re Global Crossing Securities and Erisa Litigation
225 F.R.D. 436 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) Cited 223 timesFinding on facts of that case that “when judged against the realistic, rather than theoretical, potential for recovery after trial, the settlement amount is extremely beneficial”
Frank v. Eastman Kodak Co.
228 F.R.D. 174 (W.D.N.Y. 2005) Cited 177 timesFinding typicality because "[the plaintiff's] claims arise from the same course of events as those raised by all other class members—that is, all class members, including [the plaintiff], allege that [the defendant] failed to pay them . . . overtime wages for hours worked in excess of forty per week during the relevant time period"
Newman v. Stein
464 F.2d 689 (2d Cir. 1972) Cited 346 timesArticulating abuse-of-discretion and range-of-reasonableness standards for review of a bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement
In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation
597 F. Supp. 740 (E.D.N.Y. 1984) Cited 191 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding that information will be considered known to a government agency "if there is some relationship between [the two] agencies — either some reason for the agency without knowledge to seek the information or a reason for the knowledgeable agency to transmit the information"
In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Research Reports Securities Litigation
218 F.R.D. 76 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) Cited 77 timesGranting motion to strike portions of complaint referring to SEC investigations in other litigations involving defendant
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 34,923 times 1234 Legal AnalysesHolding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Section 77k - Civil liabilities on account of false registration statement
15 U.S.C. § 77k Cited 2,113 times 85 Legal AnalysesHolding liable for a false registration statement "every person who was a director of . . . or partner in the issuer" at time of filing
Section 1715 - Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials
28 U.S.C. § 1715 Cited 1,225 times 21 Legal AnalysesProviding list of information required to be included with the CAFA notice
Section 77z-1 - Private securities litigation
15 U.S.C. § 77z-1 Cited 454 times 14 Legal AnalysesDiscussing "[t]otal attorneys' fees and expenses" that can be awarded by court