FARBER v. CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.

No. 16-20742.

863 F.3d 410 (2017)

Lawrence G. FARBER, Plaintiff v. CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.; Crestwood Midstream GP, L.L.C.; Robert G. Phillips; Alvin Bledsoe; Michael G. France; Philip D. Gettig; Warren H. Gfeller; David Lumpkins; John J. Sherman; David Wood; Crestwood Equity Partners L.P.; Crestwood Equity GP L.L.C.; CEQP ST SUB L.L.C.; MGP GP, L.L.C.; Crestwood Midstream Holdings L.P.; Crestwood Gas Services GP, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees v. David G. Duggan, Appellant. Isaac Aron, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.; Crestwood Midstream GP, L.L.C.; Robert G. Phillips; Alvin Bledsoe; Michael G. France; Philip D. Gettig; Warren H. Gfeller; David Lumpkins; John J. Sherman; David Wood; Crestwood Equity Partners L.P.; Crestwood Equity GP L.L.C.; CEQP ST SUB L.L.C.; MGP GP, L.L.C.; Crestwood Midstream Holdings L.P.; Crestwood Gas Services GP, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees v. David G. Duggan, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Emerson Bilek , Bilek Law Firm. L.L.P., Houston, TX, Miles Dylan Schreiner , Monteverde & Associates, P.C., Juan E. Monteverde , James Milligan Wilson, Jr. , Faruqi & Faruqi, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Conrad Holmes , Bryan U. Gividen , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Elizabeth Chinyere Brandon , Barnes & Thornburg, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Michael Terrell Murphy , K & L Gates, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Crestwood Midstream Partners, L.P., Crestwood Midstream GP, L.L.C., Robert G. Phillips, Alvin Bledsoe, Michael G. France, Warren H. Gfeller, John J. Sherman, David Wood.

James Gregory Waller , Andrews Kurth Kenyon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Crestwood Midstream GP, L.L.C., Crestwood Equity Partners, L.P., Crestwood Equity GP, L.L.C., CEQP ST SUB, L.L.C., MGP GP, L.L.C., Crestwood Midstream Holdings, L.P., Crestwood Gas Services GP, L.L.C.

Kenneth Prager Held , Schiffer Odom Hicks & Johnson, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Philip D. Gettig, David Lumpkins.

Charles B. Hampton , McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Crestwood Equity Partners, L.P.

Kelly Spragins Sandill, Esq. , Andrews Kurth Kenyon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Crestwood Equity Partners, L.P., Crestwood Equity GP, L.L.C., CEQP ST SUB, L.L.C., MGP GP, L.L.C., Crestwood Midstream Holdings, L.P., Crestwood Gas Services GP, L.L.C.

Theodore H. Frank , Anna St. John , Competitive Enterprise Institute, Center for Class Action Fairness, Washington, DC, Leif A. Olson, Olson Firm, P.L.L.C., Humble, TX, for Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


The class members get nothing. The attorneys get their fees. A class member objects, but untimely. Consequently, we lack appellate jurisdiction.

More specifically, this appeal arises from the district court's approval of a zero-dollar class action settlement and award of attorneys' fees in a consolidated lawsuit...

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