IN RE BLUETOOTH HEADSET PRODUCTS LIABILITY

No. 09-56683.

654 F.3d 935 (2011)

In re BLUETOOTH HEADSET PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Michael Jones; Amy Karle; Lori Raines; Kimberly Ryan; Betty Dumas; Betsee Finlee; Evan Nass; Aleksandra Spevacek, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and William J. Brennan; Bill Clendineng; William E. Gerken; Benjamin T. Rittgers; Henry Towsner; Scott M. Univer; Aaron J. Walker, Objectors-Appellants, v. GN Netcom, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Plantronics, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Frank , Center for Class Action Fairness, Washington, D.C., for the objectors-appellants.

Daniel L. Warshaw , Pearson, Simon Warshaw & Penny, Sherman Oaks, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Terrence J. Dee , Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges, and JACK ZOUHARY, District Judge.


OPINION

HAWKINS, Senior Circuit Judge:

The settlement agreement approved in this products liability class action provides the class $100,000 in cy pres awards and zero dollars for economic injury, while setting aside up to $800,000 for class counsel and $12,000 for the class representatives — amounts which the court subsequently awarded in full in a separate order. William Brennan and other class members (collectively "Objectors") challenge...

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