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PATTERSON v. STOVALL

No. 75-1349.

528 F.2d 108 (1976)

John PATTERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Roy STOVALL et al., Defendants-Appellees, William P. Corkill et al., Objectors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Chapman, Edward T. Joyce, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

James A. Brandvik, Daniel F. Hopp, Herbert I. Rothbart, Jeffrey Schulman, Edward A. Berman, Philip S. Wolin, Arthur M. Mintz, Michael A. Zelmar, Craig E. Anderson, Bernard Kleinman, Robert E. Cronin, Lowell H. Jacobson, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is brought by certain named individuals on behalf of themselves and other individuals similarly situated raising objections to a class action settlement. The sole question on appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in approving the settlement. We affirm the trial court's approval of the settlement.

Appellants-objectors1 are members of a class of plaintiffs who over a two-year period...

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