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IN RE INS. BROKERAGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 07-1759, 07-1763, 07-1769, 07-1779, 07-1786, 07-1793, 07-1796, 07-1826, 07-2935, 07-2957, 07-3037, 07-3038, 07-3039, 07-3040, 07-3041, 07-3042, 07-3687.

579 F.3d 241 (2009)

In re INSURANCE BROKERAGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION (MDL No. 1663). Shapiro & Lodwick Co. LPA, Sports & Spine Physical Therapy Inc., Irene Pekoe, Hoffman Legal Group, LLC, Lacy Redd and Cross & Sir, Objectors, Appellants, No. 07-1759. Romero General Construction Corporation, Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1763. Dan C.D. Sturdevant, Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1769. Van Enterprises, Inc., Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1779. Class Members Iaad O Inc., Trustee of 8 Pacific Street Trust and Zorkess LLC, Appellants, No. 07-1786. Emerald Financial Group, Inc., Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1793. Palomar Grading and Paving, Inc., Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1796. Harold Folsom Jensen, Objector, Appellant, No. 07-1826. Van Enterprises, Inc., Objector, Appellant, No. 07-2935. Class Members Iaad O Inc., Trustee of 8 Pacific Street Trust and Zorkess LLC, Appellants, No. 07-2957. Shapiro & Lodwick Co. LPA, and Sports & Spine Physical Therapy, Inc., Appellants, No. 07-3037. Lacy Redd and Cross & Sir, Appellants, No. 07-3038. Irene Pekoe and Hoffman Legal Group, LLC, Appellants, No. 07-3039. Romero General Construction Corp., Appellant, No. 07-3040. Emerald Financial Group, Inc., Palomar Grading and Paving, Inc., and Harold Folsom Jensen, Appellants, No. 07-3041. Dan C.D. Sturdevant, Appellant, No. 07-3042. Van Enterprises, Inc., Appellant, No. 07-3687.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Siegel, Cleveland, OH, Attorney for Appellants, Shapiro & Lodwick Co., Sports & Spine Physical Therapy Inc., Irene Pekoe, Hoffman Legal Group, Lacy Redd and Cross & Sir.

Edward W. Cochran, Cochran & Cochran, Shaker Heights, OH, Attorney for Appellants, Irene Pekoe and Hoffman Legal Group.

N. Albert Bacharach, Gainsville, FL, Attorney for Appellants, Lacy Redd and Cross & Sir.

Andrea J. Lawrence, Cohen, Tauber, Spievack & Wagner LLP, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellants, Romero General Construction Corp., Emerald Financial Group, Inc., Palomar Grading and Paving, Inc. and Harold Folsom Jensen.

Kenneth E. Nelson, Nelson Law Firm, PC, Kansas City, MO, Stephen Tsai, Bridgewater, NJ, Attorneys for Appellant, Dan C.D. Sturdevant.

Howard J. Bashman, Esq., (Argued), Law Offices of Howard J. Bashman, Willow Grove, PA, D. Gibson Gibson, McClure, Wallace & Daniels, LLP, Dallas, TX, Ethan L. Shaw, Moore Landrey LLP, Austin, TX, Alani Golanski, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellant, Van Enterprises, Inc.

John J. Pentz, III (Argued), Class Action Fairness Group, Maynard, MA, Edward F. Siegel, Cleveland, OH, Attorneys for Appellants, Class Members Iaad O, Inc., Trustee of 8 Pacific Street Trust and Zorkess LLC.

Bryan L. Clobes (Argued), Ellen Meriwether, Cafferty Faucher LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Edith M. Kallas, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley, Drake & Kallas LLC, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellees, Opticare Health System, Sunburst Hospitality, Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, Redwood Oil Co., Bayou Steel Corp., Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., Cellect LLC, City of Stamford, Connecticut Spring & Stamp Co., Eagle Creek, Inc., Comcar Industries, Inc., Gateway Club Apartments, Ltd., Michigan Multi-King Corp., Robert Mulcahy, Glenn Singer, Enclave, LLC, Omni Group of Companies and Class Plaintiffs.

Ann M. Ashton, Ralph C. Ferrara, Elizabeth B. Sandza, Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan E. Richman, Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellees, Zurich American Ins. Co., d/b/a Zurich NA, American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co., Assurance Company of America, Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co., Empire Indemnity Ins. Co., Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Steadfast Ins. Co. and Zurich Financial Services.

James A. Donahue, III (Argued), Jennifer J. Kirk, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA, Attorney for Appellees, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Florida, State of California, State of Hawaii, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Texas and State of Oregon.

Christopher R. Hunt, Office of the Attorney General of Florida Department of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, FL, Attorney for Appellee, State of Florida.

Kathleen Foote, Office of the Attorney General of California, San Francisco, CA, Attorney for Appellee, State of California.

Rodney Kimura, Office of the Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Attorney for Appellee, State of Hawaii.

Alan M. Barr, Office of Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MA, Attorney for Appellee, State of Maryland.

Amy L. Nable, Office of Attorney General of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Attorney for Appellee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Mark Toby, Bret Fulkerson Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, Attorney for Appellee, State of Texas.

Jennifer L. Gobble, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Attorney for Appellee, Commonwealth of Virginia and Attorney General of Virginia.

Tim Nord, Caren Rovics, Office of the Attorney General of Oregon, Salem, OR, Attorney for Appellee, State of Oregon.

Edwin M. Larkin, III (Argued), Lina M. Viviano, Christopher J. Paolella, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, Terrence M. Grimm, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, James S. Richter, Winston & Strawn, Newark, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. and Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.

Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FISHER and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this consolidated appeal are the standards a district court applies when deciding whether to certify a settlement-only class, approve a class settlement, and approve class counsel's petition for attorneys' fees. More specifically, we are presented with challenges to the District Court's orders granting final approval of a $121,800,000 settlement and a $28,000,000 settlement, as well as to the District...

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