Docket numbers: No. 14-2006 (4th Cir.), appeal from 11-cv-754 (JRS) (E.D. Va.)
CCAF appealed the district court’s approval of a settlement over data marketing practices, from which class members cannot even opt out, and under which class members receive only injunctive relief that was forbidden by statute, while plaintiffs’ lawyers are awarded over $5.3M. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the settlement and the Center asked for rehearing.
The petition for certiorari was prompted by the lower court’s failure to follow governing Supreme Court law that recognizes the inherent potential for abuses of the class action settlement process.
On October 3, 2016 the Supreme Court denied certiorari.
This case was originally brought by the Center for Class Action Fairness. From October 2015 until its conclusion, it was a project of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Case Documents
| Description | |
| Oct 03, 2016 | DENIAL of Writ Of Certiorari |
| Sep 07, 2016 | REPLY BRIEF Cert Petition |
| May 19, 2016 | PETITION For Writ Of Certiorari |
| Dec 18, 2015 | PETITION for Rehearing |
| Dec 04, 2015 | OPINION of the Court of Appeals |
| Sep 05, 2014 | OPINION of the District Court |