In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1407 · 28 U.S.C. § 1715 (§ 3 of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes · General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation 94-1064 94-1194 94-1195 94-1198 94-1202 94-1203 94-1207 94-1208 94-1219
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the complexity, expense and likely duration of the litigation; (2) the reaction of the class to the settlement; (3) the , stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed; (4) the risks of establishing liability; (5) the risks of establishing damages; (6) the risks of maintaining the class .action through the trial; (7) the ability of the defendants to withstand a greater judgment; (8) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund in light of the best possible recovery; and (9) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund to a possible recovery in light of all the attendant risks of litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Not later than 10 days after a proposed settlement of a class action is filed in court, each defendant that is participating in the proposed settlement shall serve [notice of the proposed settlement] upon the appropriate State official of each State in which a class member resides and the appropriate Federal official ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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