UNION ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING A.G. v. DELL, INC.

Nos. 08-51163, 10-50688.

669 F.3d 632 (2012)

UNION ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING A.G., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELL, INC.; Kevin B. Rollins; James M. Schneider; Michael Dell, Defendants-Appellees, Steven G. Schuleman, M.D.; Travis Cox; George Sibley; Joann F. Brooks; St. Stephen, Incorporated; Smokestack Lightning Limited; Class Members and Objectors Brian F. Murphy Rev Trust; The Raymond M. Murphy Rev Trust; Katharine M. Althans, Appellants, v. Union Asset Management Holding A.G., Plaintiff-Appellee, Dell, Inc.; Kevin B. Rollins; James M. Schneider; Michael Dell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Narwold , Motley Rice, L.L.C., Hartford, CT, Don L. Davis , Byrd Davis Furman, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Geoffrey C. Jarvis , Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Gregg S. Levin (argued), Lance Victor Oliver , Motley Rice, L.L.C., Mount Pleasant, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory Scott Coleman , Sr. Atty., Marc S. Tabolsky , Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Brian Strother Greig , Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Austin, TX, John Ludlow Latham (argued), Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Patricia J. Villareal , Michael Loy Davitt , Jones Day, Dallas, TX, Meir Feder , Jones Day, New York City, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ryan Grant Anderson (argued), McClenahan, Anderson & Stryker, P.L.L.C., Jason J. Thompson , Thompson & Thompson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Gary W. Sibley , Sibley Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Broadus A. Spivey , Law Offices of Broadus A. Spivey, D.J. Powers (argued), Austin, TX, Mark E. Wilson , Michael Brooks , Kerns, Frost & Pearlman, L.L.C., Chicago, IL, Mark A. Haney , Kobs, Haney & Hundley, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, Jeffrey L. Weinstein , Weinstein Law Firm, Athens, TX, for Appellants.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The district court certified a class and approved a class-action settlement. Two groups of objectors to the settlement now appeal, claiming numerous deficiencies in the proceedings below. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, we find appellants' claims lack merit. We affirm.1

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Plaintiffs, Union Management Holding A.G. ("Union") and other...

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