IN RE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES VOUCHER LITIGATION

Nos. 13-3264, 13-3462, 14-2591, 14-2602 and 14-2495.

799 F.3d 701 (2015)

In re SOUTHWEST AIRLINES VOUCHER LITIGATION Adam J. Levitt and Herbert C. Malone, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Southwest Airlines Company, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee. Appeals of Gregory Markow and Alison Paul, Objectors-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Siprut , Attorney, Siprut PC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Adam J. Levitt, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated and Herbert C. Malone, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

Theodore H. Frank , Melissa Aim Holyoak , Attorneys, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Michael William Drumke , Attorney, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, Huey Thomas Wells, Jr. , Attorney, Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


These appeals present several issues concerning class action litigation and settlements. The most general is whether the "coupon settlement" provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1712, allowed the district court to award class counsel an attorney fee based on the lodestar method rather than the value...

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