CHURCHILL VILLAGE, L.L.C., Barbara Dorsett, and Al Dorsett individually and on behalf of the general public; Barbara Dorsett; Al Dorsett; Seymour Lazar; Joan Chalmers; Judith Saporta, Plaintiffs,
Harriet Skurman; Norman Hickman; Phyllis Hickman; Craig Rosenfield, Intervenors,
v.
GENERAL ELECTRIC, Individual Consumer Dishwasher Litigation, Defendant-Appellee,
v.
Beckwith Place Limited Partnership; Susan E. Glatter Kamman, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Intervenors-Appellants.
Churchill Village, L.L.C., Barbara Dorsett, and Al Dorsett individually and on behalf of the general public; Barbara Dorsett; Al Dorsett; Seymour Lazar; Joan Chalmers; Judith Saporta, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Joseph Cooper; Nina Kasprzak, Appellants, and
Harriet Skurman; Norman Hickman; Phyllis Hickman; Craig Rosenfield, Intervenors,
v.
General Electric, Individual Consumer Dishwasher Litigation, Defendant-Appellee,
v.
Beckwith Place Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and
Susan E. Glatter Kamman, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant.
In re General Electric, Individual Consumer Dishwasher Litigation, Churchill Village, L.L.C., Barbara Dorsett; Al Dorsett; Seymour Lazar; Joan Chalmers; Judith Saporta, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Harriet Skurman; Norman Hickman; Phyllis Hickman; Craig Rosenfield, Intervenors-Appellants,
v.
General Electric Company, a New York corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
Churchill Village, L.L.C., Barbara Dorsett, and Al Dorsett individually and on behalf of the general public, Plaintiff, and
James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A.; Levin Tannenbaum Wolff; Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP, Appellants,
v.
General Electric, a New York corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
Churchill Village, L.L.C., Barbara Dorsett, and Al Dorsett individually and on behalf of the general public; Barbara Dorsett; Al Dorsett; Seymour Lazar; Joan Chalmers; Judith Saporta, Plaintiffs, and
James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A.; Levin Tannenbaum Wolff; Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP, Claimants-Appellees,
v.
General Electric, a New York corporation, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted September 8, 2003.
Filed March 16, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Clinton A. Krislov, Krislov & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, and Lester L. Levy, Wolf Popper, L.L.P., New York, NY, argued the cause for the applicants in intervention-appellants and filed briefs. Thomas M. Wardrop, Wardrop & Wardrop, P.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan; Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Moore & Brown, Washington, DC; and Douglas G. Thompson, Finkelstein, Thompson & Loughran, Washington, DC, were on the briefs.
George Donaldson, Law Offices of George Donaldson, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause and, with Daniel B. Harris and Ariana Farzanrad, filed briefs for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellees. Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., and Christopher T. Heffelfinger, Berman Devalerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, P.C., San Francisco, CA; and Dennis Stewart and Susan G. Taylor, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes and Lerach L.L.P., San Diego, CA, were on the briefs.
Hal Bogard, General Electric Co., Louisville, KY, argued the cause for the defendant-appellee-cross-appellant and filed briefs. Timothy P. Crudo and James L. Day, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, California; and Peter L. Winik and Beth A. Wilkinson, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, were on the briefs.
John A. Yanchunis, James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, FL, argued the cause and, with Mike Peacock, filed briefs for the appellants-cross-appellees.
Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, O'SCANNLAIN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
OPINION
O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide various challenges to a class-action settlement of these suits against the manufacturer of consumer dishwashers.
I
A
Between 1983 and 1989, General Electric ("GE") manufactured and sold approximately three million GE- and Hotpoint-brand dishwashers equipped with a sliding "energy saver" switch. Although some were sold to individual consumers, the dishwashers were considered "low...
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