CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. v. HELFAND

No. 81-2263.

687 F.2d 171 (1982)

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HELFAND, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Horwich, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lawrence J. Fox, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BAUER, Circuit Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and POSNER, Circuit Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is the power of a district court to deny one of the members of the class in a class action settlement his full proportionate share of the settlement, without giving him a trial-type hearing.

Between 1970 and 1975 the management of Cenco Incorporated conducted a massive fraud. Primarily it involved inflating the value of Cenco's inventories. This brought about an artificial increase in the price of Cenco stock...

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