United States Fifth Circuit

A state had no standing to intervene to contest a class action settlement provision allowing defendant to retain money not collected by class members, where the state demonstrated no actual or imminent injury and no present interest in settlement funds.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2002
• Published 09/30/2002

Judges

• REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maureen Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for State of Texas., Richard John Grad, Kenneth E. Friedman, Steven Andrew Ellis (argued), Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Los Angeles, CA, Herschel Tracy Crawford, Gregory Duane Smith, Deron Ray Dacus, Ramey & Flock, Mike A. Hatchell, Tyler, TX, for Western Union Financial Services, Inc., Robert Peter Krenkowitz, Tucson, AZ, David Jon Epstein, Boston, MA, for National Ass'n of Unclaimed Property Administrators, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gavin Hugh McInnis (argued), Michael D. Maloney, Law Offices of Maloney & Maloney, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.