BENNETT v. BEHRING CORP.

Nos. 82-5438, 83-5096.

737 F.2d 982 (1984)

William R. BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Sophie A. O'Brien, etc., Veronica Woodall, John J. Dunne, Mary Dunne, the Tamarac Homeowners' Assn., Charles and Ida Diamond, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BEHRING CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. William R. BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs, The Tamarac Homeowners Association, Charles and Ida Diamond, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BEHRING CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Fitzsimmons, Fort Lauderdale, for O'Brien et al.

Arthur W. Tifford, Miami, Fla., for Tamarac and Diamonds.

Max Blumberg, pro se.

John P. Freeman, Harry A. Swagart, III, Columbia, S.C., Jon E. Krupnick, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Bennett, et al.

Michael Krul, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Bessemer, et al.

Gilbert A. Haddad, Coral Gables, Fla., for Behring Corp., Leadership Housing, Inc. and Cerromarmon Corp.

Andrew T. Lavin, Abrams, Anton, Robbins, Ressnick, Schneider & Mager, Hollywood, Fla., for Schechter, et al.

George I. Platt, Schwartz & Nash, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Homeowner's Assoc. & Mainlands Seven Maintenance.

Harry A. Swagart, III, Columbia, S.C., for members of class, other than those joined in the appeal.

Joseph Easthope, Faircloth, Easthope & Traver, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Lutz.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

We review in this appeal an order from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida approving an antitrust class action settlement between plaintiff-class representatives and thirty-one of thirty-five defendants. The appellants in this appeal include several groups of dissident plaintiffs who argue that the settlement agreement is invalid in that it perpetuates a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act; they also maintain...

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