CHARRON v. WIENER

Nos. 12-2834-CV L, 12-2907-CV (CON).

731 F.3d 241 (2013)

Marjorie CHARRON, Theodore Charron, Andres Mares-Muro, Raymond Andrew Stahl-David, Kim Powell, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Enrique Suarez, Hamida Moumouni, Diogenes Abreu, Objectors-Appellants, Buyers and Renters United to Save Harlem, Anthony Casanovas, Karen Flannagan, Tracey Moore, Russell Taylor, Diane Trummer, Plaintiffs, All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joel WIENER, Pinnacle Group N.Y. LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Pinnacle Group Corporation, Pinnacle Group, LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold F. McGuire ( Kenneth Rosenfeld , James M. Baker , Matthew J. Chachère , Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation Legal Services, Harvey David Epstein , David A. Colodny , Urban Justice Center, New York, N.Y., on the brief), Yankwitt & McGuire, LLP, White Plains, New York, for Objectors-Appellants.

Marc Ian Gross , Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard F. Levy ( Joshua H. Rubin , Marisa K. Perry , Katherine A. Neville , on the brief), Jenner & Block LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mitchell A. Karlan , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: CALABRESI, LIVINGSTON, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents us with a unique variant of the more common general question of when a class-action settlement requires subclassing of the plaintiff class to ensure adequacy of representation pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(e) and (a)(4). The district court certified the plaintiff classes, which comprise more than 20,000 current and former occupants of rent-regulated apartments in New York City, pursuant to Rules...

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