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Lockwood v. Certegy Check Services, Inc.

MOTION for preliminary approval of Class Action Settlement and Publishing Notice and Setting of a Final Fairness Hearing, with incorporated memorandum in suppport

20 Cited authorities

  1. Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor

    521 U.S. 591 (1997)   Cited 6,959 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval

  2. Eisen v. Carlisle Jacquelin

    417 U.S. 156 (1974)   Cited 3,765 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that individual notice to class members identifiable through reasonable efforts is mandatory in (b) actions

  3. Mullane v. Central Hanover Tr. Co.

    339 U.S. 306 (1950)   Cited 10,314 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that due process requires a hearing "appropriate to the nature of the case"

  4. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts

    472 U.S. 797 (1985)   Cited 1,789 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the Due Process Clause of course requires that the named plaintiff at all times adequately represent the interests of the absent class members”

  5. In re Gen. Motors Corp. Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank

    55 F.3d 768 (3d Cir. 1995)   Cited 1,139 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that nothing in Rule 23 "can be read to authorize separate, liberalized criteria for settlement classes"

  6. Cotton v. Hinton

    559 F.2d 1326 (5th Cir. 1977)   Cited 776 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Upholding settlement despite fact that little formal discovery had been conducted and noting that, "[b]eing an extra judicial process, informality in the discovery of information is desired"

  7. In re Corrugated Container Antitrust

    643 F.2d 195 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 301 times
    Holding that notice of a settlement agreement that failed to provide an estimated range of per unit recovery was nonetheless satisfactory

  8. Bennett v. Behring Corp.

    737 F.2d 982 (11th Cir. 1984)   Cited 207 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be approved, class-action settlements must be fair, adequate, and reasonable

  9. Peters v. National R.R. Passenger Corp.

    966 F.2d 1483 (D.C. Cir. 1992)   Cited 113 times
    Holding class member was bound by settlement agreement in class action despite not actually receiving notice where notices mailed to class members were reasonably calculated to apprise them of the class action and member did not opt out

  10. In re Lupron Marketing Sales Practices Litig

    228 F.R.D. 75 (D. Mass. 2005)   Cited 58 times
    Holding that attorney's fees shall not exceed 30% of the settlement fund

  11. Section 1681a - Definitions; rules of construction

    15 U.S.C. § 1681a   Cited 1,486 times   58 Legal Analyses
    Adopting definition of "credit" and "creditor" as defined by 15 U.S.C. § 1691a(d)-(e)

  12. Section 1715 - Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials

    28 U.S.C. § 1715   Cited 1,229 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Providing list of information required to be included with the CAFA notice