WILKENSON v. HERCULES ENGINES, INC.

No. 97-3152.

138 F.3d 608 (1998)

Leslie WILKENSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, Eugene Easterday and Timothy C. Hinten, Intervenors-Appellees, v. HERCULES ENGINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee, v. John J. LENNON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvatore J. Falletta (argued and briefed), Green, Haines, Sgambati, Murphy & Macala Company, Canton, OH, for Intervenors-Appellees.

Bruce G. Hearey (briefed), Dianne F. Hearey (argued), Wally Martin Mueller (briefed), Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co., Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.

Patrick Joseph Cooney, III (argued and briefed), Paul C. Morrison (briefed), Morrison & Laino, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.

Before: MERRITT, KENNEDY, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant John Lennon challenges the district court's approval of a class action settlement. Under our decision in Shults v. Champion Int'l Corp., 35 F.3d 1056 (6th Cir.1994), Lennon has no standing to bring this appeal, as he did not intervene below. He also does not qualify for the application of any of Shults's exceptions. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal and affirm the district...

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