REYNOLDS v. BENEFICIAL NAT. BANK

Nos. 00-3122, 00-3178, 00-3181, 00-3182, 00-3367, 01-1239, 01-1617, 01-1654, 01-2231, 01-2339, 01-2445, 01-2747, 01-2785 and 01-3545.

288 F.3d 277 (2002)

Cheryl REYNOLDS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeals of Belinda Peterson, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Kirby (argued), Kirby, McInerney & Squire, New York City, Ronald L. Futterman, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, IL, for Lynne Carnegie.

Henry Monaghan (argued), Columbia University Law School, Naomi Katz, Holland & Knight, New York City, for Ronnie Haese and Nancy Haese.

Matthew E. Van Tine (argued), Marvin A. Miller, Miller, Faucher & Cafferty, Chicago, IL, Daniel M. Harris, Chicago, IL, Francine Schwartz, Arlington, Heights, IL, Charles M. Thompson, Thompson Hutsler, Birmingham, AL, John J. Pentz, Sudbury, MA, for Cheryl Reynolds, Nannie Triplett and DeCarlo Turner.

Burt M. Rublin (argued), Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Chicago, IL, James D. Adducci, Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, Chicago, IL, Daniel R. Young, Bryan Cave, Kansas City, MO, for Beneficial Nat. Bank and Beneficial Tax Masters, Inc.

David H. Latham, Chicago, IL, N. Louise Ellingsworth, Daniel R. Young, Bryan Cave, Kansas City, MO, Mark W. Brennan (argued), for H&R Tax Services, Inc.

Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, for Pearl Martinez.

Howard B. Prossnitz, Chicago, IL, for DeCarlo Turner.

Steven E. Angstreich (argued), Levy, Angstreich, Finney, Baldante, Mann & Burkett, Philadelphia, PA, William H. London, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, IL, Thomas C. Cronin, Cummins & Cronin, Chicago, IL, Kenneth W. Behrend, Behrend & Ernsberger, Pittsburgh, PA, for Geral Mitchell, Ann Westfall, Lester Westfall, Rachel Ramsey and Donna L. Lonzo.

Francine Schwartz, Arlington Heights, IL, pro se.

Howard Brian Prossnitz, Birndorf & Birndorf, Chicago, IL, for Nannie Triplett.

Howard Brian Prossnitz, Birndorf & Birndorf, Chicago, IL, pro se.

R. Stephen Griffis, Birmingham, AL, Charles M. Thompson, Thompson Hutsler, Birmingham, AL, John J. Pentz, Sudbury, MA, for Janice Williams, Ann Abercrombie and Karen Boden.

Daniel A. Edelman, James O. Latturner, Amy A. Breyer, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Belinda Peterson.

Christened V. Anyone, Chicago, IL, for Roy Carbajal.

Steven E. Angstreich (argued), Levy, Angstreich, Finney, Baldante, Mann & Burkett, Philadelphia, PA, William H. London, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, IL, Frank H. Tomlinson, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Tommy Jones and Tommy Vaughn.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We have consolidated for decision a number of appeals from orders by the district court approving a settlement of consumer-finance class action litigation, denying petitions to intervene, and awarding attorneys' fees. "Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) requires court approval of any settlement that effects the dismissal of a class-action. Before such a settlement may be approved, the district court must determine that a class-action settlement...

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