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IN RE COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Nos. 03-4220, 03-4221, 03-4275, 03-4294, 03-4316, 03-4319, 03-4504, 03-4732, 04-1039.

418 F.3d 277 (2005)

In re: COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA and Guaranty National Bank of Tallahassee Second Mortgage Loan Litigation. Stephanie Spann; Leonila T. Nini; Eufronio Nini; John Hardt; Robbin Verbeck; Stephanie Hafford; Charles B. Poindexter; Maureen F. Poindexter; David B. Walker; Shundra R. Walker; Jessie Dodd; James Beckius; Linda Whitehead; Lynell B. Wingfield; Jario Ivan Sarrie; Beatriz Sarrie; Michelle K. Morgan; Sharon Finnerty; Donald Appleton; Jeanette Appleton; Edelman, Combs & Latturner, LLC; Appellants Walters, Bender, Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C., Appellant Scott C. Borison, Appellant Badeaux Class Member Opt-Outs, Appellants Alabama Class Member Opt-Outs, Appellants Dickey, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., David J. Armstrong, Esq., Douglas C. LaSota, Esq., Franklin R. Nix, Esq., Georgia Class Member Opt-Outs, Appellants Ronald D. Gray; Ozy T. McDaniel; Jerline McDaniel; Tammy and David Wasem; Richard and Margaret Harlin; Sylvester and Patricia Watkins; Stephen D. Jensen; Joseph E. and Cynthia A. Brownfield; Missouri Class Member Opt-Outs; Illinois Class Member Opt-Outs, Appellants Michael Lane; Marcos Escalante; Cheryl White-Berry; William P. Gorny; Rinaldo Swayne, Appellants Franklin R. Nix, Esq.; Georgia Class Member Opt-Outs and Objectors, Appellants Marion Deloy Smith, Appellant John W. Sharbrough, III, Esq.; The Sharbrough Law Firm; Alabama Class Member Opt-Outs Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

August 11, 2005.

As Amended September 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs (Argued), James O. Latturner, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Appellants Stephanie Spann, et al., in No. 03-4220.

J. Michael Vaughan (Argued), David M. Skeens (Argued), R. Frederick Walters, Walters, Bender, Strohbehn & Vaughan, Kansas City, MO, for Appellants Ronald D. Gray, et al., in Nos. 03-4732, et al.

Franklin R. Nix (Argued), Law Offices of Franklin R. Nix, Atlanta, GA, for Appellants Georgia Member Opt-Outs & Objectors, et al., in Nos. 03-4862, et al.

John W. Sharbrough, III, The Sharbrough Law Firm, Mobile, AL, for Appellants Alabama Class Member Opt-Outs, et al., in Nos. 03-4319, et al.

Brian S. Wolfman (Argued), Charlotte Garden, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Scott C. Borison, Legg Law Firm, Frederick, MD, for Appellants Badeaux Class Member Opt-Outs, et al., in Nos. 03-4316, et al.

David G. Oberdick, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, Pittsburgh, PA, F. Douglas Ross, Odin Felman & Pittleman, Fairfax, VA, for Appellee Community Bank of Northern Virginia, in Nos. 03-4220, et al.

Gary P. Hunt, Richard B. Tucker, III, Tucker Arensberg, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee Guaranty National Bank of Tallahassee, in Nos. 03-4220, et al.

R. Bruce Carlson (Argued), Carlson Lynch, Sewickley, PA, Eric G. Calhoun, Lawson, Fields & Calhoun, Addison, TX, A. Hoyt Rowell, III, Daniel Myers, Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, Mt. Pleasant, SC, for Appellees Class Members in Nos. 03-4220, et al.

Thomas L. Allen (Argued), Roy W. Arnold, James C. Martin, Donna M. Doblick, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee GMAC Residential Funding Corporation in Nos. 03-4220, et al.

Lawrence H. Richmond, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington, D.C., for Intervenor Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Nos. 03-4220, et al.

Before SLOVITER, AMBRO, and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Table of Contents

I. Facts and Procedural History

A. The Alleged Illegal Lending Scheme B. The Separate Class Actions C. Consolidation of the Class Actions D. The Opt-Out Solicitations E. The Joint Motion to Invalidate Opt-Outs F. The October 31, 2003 Conference Call G. Appellants' Motion to Intervene H. Appellants' Request...

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