United States Seventh Circuit

District Court's determination that a class settlement, involving a fiber optics company and landowners, met the requirements of FRCP 23 affirmed, even where the actual sub-class and its recovery was speculative and minimal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/03/2002
• Decided 10/29/2002
• Published 10/29/2002

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, DIANE P. WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Irwin B. Levin (argued), Cohen & Mald, Indianapolis, IN, for Intervenor-Appellant., John J. Rademacher, American Farm Bureau Federation, Park Ridge, IL, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nels Ackerson,Kathleen Clubb Kauffman (argued), Ackerson Group Chartered, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Jack E. McClard, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, G. Ronald Heath, Hoover Hull Baker & Heath, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.