United States Seventh Circuit

Appellants motion to intervene in a class-action suit in order to modify a protective order and settlement agreement would be denied where modifying the confidentiality provision of the settlement agreement posed a danger to the settlement - the details of which were already distributed to members of the class entitled to rely on its provisions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2001
• Decided 05/04/2001
• Published 05/04/2001

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew R. Schwartz (argued), Davidson & Schwartz, Chicago, IL, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dale D. Pierson,Baum, Sigman, Auerbach, Pierson & Neuman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Richard H. Chapman (argued), Fagel & Haber, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees., Michael J. Mueller, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.