United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of a complaint as barred by res judicata arising from a state court judgment approving a class action settlement is affirmed in a case involving a reverse mortgage where decedent was adequately represented in the class action, and her challenges to the settlement notice lacked merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2006
• Published 02/28/2006

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, CABRANES, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bob Green, Goshen, N.Y. (Neal D. Frishberg, Goshen, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Frederick, Washington, D.C. (Priya R. Aiyar, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.;  James H. Fleming, Reed Smith LLP, Oakland, Cal., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.