RADCLIFFE v. EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS INC.

Nos. 11-56376, 11-56387, 11-56389, 11-56397, 11-56400, 11-56440, 11-56482.

715 F.3d 1157 (2013)

Robert RADCLIFFE; Chester Carter; Maria Falcon; Clifton C. Seale, III; Arnold Lovell, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Christy Driver; Ivonne Martinez; Kelly J. Porter; Lisa Brisbane; Brenda Melendez; Ralph Michael Porter, Objectors-Appellants, and Kathryn Pike; Bertram Robison; Robert Randall; Jose Hernandez, Plaintiffs, Walter Ellingwood, Nancy Segarra; Maria L. Borbon; Marcia Green; Jimmy Green; Thomas A. Carder; Glenda W. Schilleci; Steven C. Singer; Naomi Sandres, Objectors, v. EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS INC.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Maria L. Borbon, Objector-Appellant, v. Jose Hernandez; Kathryn Pike; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Terri N. White, Plaintiff, Jose Hernandez; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison; Kathryn Pike, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, v. Glenda W. Schilleci; Thomas A. Carder, Objectors-Appellants. Terri N. White, Plaintiff, Jose Hernandez; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison; Kathryn Pike, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, v. Charles Juntikka, Esquire, Objector-Appellant. Terri N. White, Plaintiff, Jose Hernandez; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison; Kathryn Pike, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, v. Steven C. Signer, Objector-Appellant. Robert Radcliffe; Chester Carter; Arnold Lovell, Jr.; Maria Falcon; Clifton C. Seale, III; Jose Hernandez; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison; Kathryn Pike, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions, Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, v. Walter Ellingwood, Objector-Appellant. Terri N. White, Plaintiff, Robert Radcliffe; Chester Carter; Arnold Lovell, Jr.; Jose Hernandez; Clifton C. Seale, III; Maria Falcon; Robert Randall; Bertram Robison; Kathryn Pike, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Experian Information Solutions, Inc.; TransUnion, LLC; Equifax Information Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, v. Marcia Green; Jimmy Green, Objectors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 22, 2013.

Amended May 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Carpinello (argued) and Adam R. Shaw , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Albany, NY; Daniel Wolf , Daniel Wolf Law Offices, Washington, D.C.; Charles Juntikka , Charles Juntikka & Associates LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert Radcliffe, Chester Carter, Maria Falcon, Clifton C. Seale, III, and Arnold E. Lovell and Objectors-Appellants Christy Driver, Ivonne Martinez, Kelly J. Porter, Lisa Brisbane, Brenda Melendez, and Ralph Michael Porter.

Steven A. Miller , Steven A. Miller, PC, Denver, CO, for Objector-Appellant Steven C. Singer.

Joseph Darrell Palmer , Darrell Palmer Law Offices, Solana Beach, CA, for Objector-Appellant Maria L. Borbon.

Charles M. Thompson , Charles M. Thompson, PC, Birmingham, AL; R. Stephen Griffis , R. Stephen Griffis Law Offices, Hoover, AL, for Objectors-Appellants Thomas A. Carder and Glenda Schilleci.

John William Davis , John W. Davis Law Offices, San Diego, CA; Steven F. Helfand , Helfand Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, for Objector-Appellant Walter Ellingwood.

C. Benjamin Nutley and James Garrett Kendrick , Kendrick & Nutley, Pasadena, CA, for Objectors-Appellants Marcia Green and Jimmy Green.

Gregory A. Beck and Scott L. Nelson , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Appellant Charles Juntikka.

Michael A. Caddell (argued) and Cynthia Chapman , Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX; Michael W. Sobol , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, CA; Stuart T. Rossman and Charles M. Delbaum , National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA; Leonard A. Bennett and Matthew Erausquin , Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C., Newport News, VA; Lee A. Sherman , Callahan, Thompson, Sherman & Caudill, LLP, Irvine, CA; Mitchell A. Toups , Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Daniel J. McLoon (argued) and Michael G. Morgan , Jones Day, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Experian Information Solutions, Inc.

Cindy D. Hanson , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Equifax Information Services LLC.

Julia B. Strickland , Stephen J. Newman , Brian C. Frontino , and Catherine Huang, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee TransUnion LLC.

Opinion by Judge GOULD; Concurrence by Judge HADDON.


ORDER

The opinion filed on April 22, 2013, and published at 2013 WL 1715422, is amended as follows:

At slip opinion page 23, lines 17-19, replace <Conflicted representation provides an independent ground for reversing the settlement and the awards of attorneys' fees and costs.5 Cf. Rodriguez II, 688 F.3d at 656-60.> with the following:

Conflicted representation provides an independent ground for reversing...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases