United States Ninth Circuit

In an antitrust action regarding a bar preparation course, the District Court's approval of a settlement is affirmed, where the incentive agreements between certain representative Plaintiffs and class counsel were improper, but other Plaintiffs did not enter such agreements and thus the representatives were not under a disabling conflict.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2009
• Decided 04/23/2009
• Published 04/23/2009

Judges

• Before DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., P.A., Gainesville, FL, on behalf of objector-appellant Pamela Collins., J. Garrett Kendrick and C. Benjamin Nutley, Kendrick & Nutley, Pasadena, CA, on behalf of objectors-appellants George Schneider, Jonathan M. Slomba, James Puntumapanitch, Justin Head, and Ryan Helfrich., Charles A. Sturm, Steele Sturm PLLC, Houston, TX, on behalf of objectors-appellants James Juranek, Audrey Juranek, and Richard P. LeBlanc., Scott L. Nelson, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., on behalf of objectors-appellants Robert Gaudet, Jr., Andrea Boggio, Sandeep Gopalan, Elizabeth De Long., Steven F. Helfand, Helfand Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, on behalf of objectors-appellants David Feldman, Cameron Gharabiklou, Emily Grant, Jeff Lang, Sarah McDonald, Cara Patton, Rachel Schwartz, and Greg Thomas., J. Darrell Palmer, Law Offices of Darrell Palmer, Solana Beach, CA, on behalf of objectors-appellants Evans & Mullinix, P.A., Sarah Siegel, Jennifer Brown McElroy, Daniel Schafer, David Oriol, and Jason Tingle.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sidney K. Kanazawa, McGuireWoods LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  Dan Drachler, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Seattle, WA, on behalf of plaintiffs-appellees Ryan Rodriguez, et al., Stuart N. Senator, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on behalf of defendant-appellee Kaplan, Inc., James P. Tallon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY, on behalf of defendant-appellee West Publishing Corporation.