VASSALLE v. MIDLAND FUNDING LLC

Nos. 11-3814, 11-3961, 11-4016, 11-4019, 11-4021.

708 F.3d 747 (2013)

Martha VASSALLE; Jerome Johnson; Hope Franklin; Andrea Brent, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Robert Clawson, Christopher Guest, and Manuela Rivera (11-3961); Kelli Gray (11-4016); Ladon Herring, Gilbert James, and Ann Rubio (11-4019), Objectors-Appellants, Elaine Pelzer (11-3814 and 11-4021), Intervenor-Appellant, v. MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; Encore Capital Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ian B. Lyngklip , Lyngklip & Associates Consumer Law Center PLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-3814 and 11-4021. Charles Delbaum , The National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellants in 11-3961 and 11-4019. Michael D. Kinkley , Michael D. Kinkley, P.S., Spokane, Washington, for Appellant in 11-4016. Dennis E. Murray, Sr. , Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Richard L. Stone , Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ian B. Lyngklip , Lyngklip & Associates Consumer Law Center PLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-3814 and 11-4021. Charles Delbaum , The National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts, David E. Birkhaeuser , Bramson Plutzik Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP, Walnut Creek, California, Adam S. Nightingale , Connelly, Jackson & Collier LLP, Toledo, Ohio, Carolyn E. Coffey , MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, Matthew A. Dooley , McGlamery & Loughman Co. LPA, Sheffield Village, Ohio, for Appellants in 11-3961 and 11-4019. Michael D. Kinkley , Scott M. Kinkley , Michael D. Kinkley, P. S., Spokane, Washington, for Appellant in 11-4016. Dennis E. Murray, Sr. , Donna J. Evans , Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Richard L. Stone , Amy M. Gallegos , Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California, Theodore W. Seitz , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendants-Appellees. Kenneth W. Zeller , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C., Karuna B. Patel , Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: MOORE and COLE, Circuit Judges; and ROSE, District Judge.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Midland Funding LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., and Encore Capital Group, Inc., the defendants-appellees, along with four plaintiffs-appellees, Andrea Brent, Martha Vassalle, Jerome Johnson, and Hope Franklin, sought approval in district court of a nationwide class settlement that settled three related lawsuits. The district court certified the class and approved the settlement. Eight objectors-appellants objected to the...

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