IN RE TRANS UNION CORP. PRIVACY LITIGATION

No. 13-1613.

741 F.3d 811 (2014)

In re TRANS UNION CORP. PRIVACY LITIGATION. Appeal of: Dawn A. Wheelahan.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joy A. Bull , Attorney, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA, Cory S. Fein , Attorney, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Dawn A. Wheelahan , Attorney, Dawn A. Wheelahan LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Appellant.

Michael C. O'Neil , Attorney, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Amy Lee Stewart , Attorney, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, AK, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from an unusual class settlement for an estimated 190 million class members. Class settlements usually aim to impose a final and definitive resolution of a dispute, but this one did not. It offered class members certain benefits, including cash, in return for giving up only their right to sue the defendant through class actions or other collective actions. But the settlement left the door open for the vast majority of class...

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