IN RE DIET DRUGS PRODS LIABILITY LITIGATION

No. 02-4582, 03-2033, 03-2936, 03-4362.

369 F.3d 293 (2004)

In re: DIET DRUGS (PHENTERMINE/FENFLURAMINE/DEXFENFLURAMINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION Linda Smart, a class member who has exercised her intermediate opt-out rights Appellant In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation Clara Clark, Linda Smart, George M. Fleming, Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., Mike O'Brien and Michael C. Abbott, Appellants In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation Keith K. Barlow, Ruby S. Barlow, Cherry Barnes, Joe Wayne Burton, Nora K. Burton, Lonelle S. James, Michael J. Miller, Kenneth W. Smith, Miller & Associates, Edward A. Williamson, Fenton B. DeWeese, II, The Law Office of Edward A. Williamson, Merrida Coxwell, Charles R. Mullins, Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, and Eugene C. Tullos, Appellants In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation Linda Eichmiller, Brenda Cook, Richard Cook, Doris Caldwell, Susan McCarty, Jim McCarty, Jr., Julia Campbell, Carolyn Winters, Bobby G. Winters, Macy Houston, and John F. Houston, III, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Harkins, Jr. (Argued), Steven A. Reed, Harkins Cunningham, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Linda Smart.

George M. Fleming, Sylvia Davidow, Rand P. Nolen, Scott A. Love, Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Mike O'Brien, Mike O'Brien, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellants Linda Smart, Clara Clark, et al., and Linda Eichmiller, et al.

Michael J. Miller, Christopher A. Gomez, Michelle DeMartino, Kenneth W. Smith, Michael J. Miller & Associates, Alexandria, VA, for Appellants Keith Barlow, et al.

Fred S. Longer, Arnold Levin, Michael D. Fishbein, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Plaintiff Class and Class Counsel.

Robert D. Rosenbaum, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Peter L. Zimroth, (Argued), Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, for Appellee American Home Products Corporation.

Robert S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., Miriam Nemetz, Carl J. Summers, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus The Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Ellen A. Presby, Steve Baughman Jensen, S. Ann Saucer, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Class Members Represented by Baron & Budd, P.C.

W. Lewis Garrison, Ursula Tracy Doyle, Garrison Scott Gamble & Rosenthal, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Amicus Opt-Out Plaintiffs' Counsel.

Leslie A. Brueckner, Michael J. Quirk, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

Denise A. Rubin, Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Associates, Great River, NY, James H. Pearson, M. Bain Pearson, Pearson & Pearson, L.L.P., M. Bain Pearson, Houston, TX, for Amicus Opt-Out Plaintiffs' Counsel.

Before AMBRO, FUENTES and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges.


CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the settlement of a complex multidistrict federal mass tort class action. As part of the complicated settlement agreement, class members were entitled to opt out at various stages. Those who chose to opt out initially were freed to pursue their remedies elsewhere. Those who did not opt out at the beginning were afforded opportunities to opt out "downstream" at an intermediate stage or at the "back-end." But those...

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