IN RE HOME DEPOT INC.

No. 17-14741.

931 F.3d 1065 (2019)

IN RE: The HOME DEPOT INC., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation. Northeastern Engineers Federal Credit Union, Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, Phenix-Girard Bank, Kelsey O'Brien, First Financial Credit Union, First Choice Federal Credit Union, Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union, Gary Lowenthal, Sara Saffran, Barbara Saffran, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross Appellants, Howard Stern, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Home Depot, Inc. (The), The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellants Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott + Scott, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, James J. Pizzirusso , Hausfeld, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, FIRST CHOICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, GARY LOWENTHAL, SARA SAFFRAN, BARBARA SAFFRAN.

Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, William Pitts Carr , Alex Dewitt Weatherby , W. Pitts Carr & Associates, PC, ATLANTA, GA, Robert J. Gralewski, Jr. , Kirby McInerney, LLP, SAN DIEGO, CA, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott + Scott, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Michael E. Jacobs , Michael E. Jacobs Law & Consulting, LLC, ST. PAUL, MN, Ranse M. Partin , Conley Griggs Partin, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Kent M. Williams , Williams Law Firm, LONG LAKE, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant NORTHEASTERN ENGINEERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.

Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, Gary F. Lynch , Jamisen A. Etzel , Edwin J. Kilpela , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Craig A. Gillen , Anthony C. Lake , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott + Scott, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Ranse M. Partin , Conley Griggs Partin, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Thomas A. Withers , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, SAVANNAH, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant PITTSFIELD COOPERATIVE BANK.

Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott + Scott, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Jere L. Beasley , Andrew E. Brashier , Larry A. Golston, Jr. , Wilson Daniel Miles, III , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles, PC, MONTGOMERY, AL, John R. Bevis , Barnes Law Group, LLC, MARIETTA, GA, J. Benjamin Finley , Attorney, The Finley Firm, PC, COLUMBUS, GA, MaryBeth V. Gibson , The Finley Firm, PC, ATLANTA, GA, Ranse M. Partin , Conley Griggs Partin, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff Appellee-Cross Appellant PHENIX-GIRARD BANK.

Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, Gregg M. Barbakoff , Gregory W. Jones , Joseph J. Siprut , Siprut, PC, CHICAGO, IL, Roy E. Barnes , John R. Bevis , Barnes Law Group, LLC, MARIETTA, GA, David J. Worley , Evangelista Worley, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant KELSEY O'BRIEN.

Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Erin Green Comite , Scott & Scott, LLP, COLCHESTER, CT, Jamisen A. Etzel , Edwin J. Kilpela , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Craig A. Gillen , Anthony C. Lake , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott+ Scott, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Ranse M. Partin , Conley Griggs Partin, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Thomas A. Withers , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, SAVANNAH, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant FIRST FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION.

Gary F. Lynch , Jamisen A. Etzel , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants ALCOA COMMUNITY FEDERAL BANK, AMALGAMATED BANK, AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERCE, AMERICAN HERITAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, ARMY AVIATION CENTER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION and ATLANTA POSTAL CREDIT UNION.

Gary F. Lynch , Jamisen A. Etzel , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Charles H. Van Horn , Berman Fink Van Horn, PC, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant AMERICAN AIRLINES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.

Charles H. Van Horn , Berman Fink Van Horn, PC, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff Appellee-Cross Appellant GEORGIA'S OWN CREDIT UNION.

Carl Katrice Dawson , Kristine McAlister Brown , Alston & Bird, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Daniel E. Danford , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, LEXINGTON, KY, Kevin Dinan , King & Spalding, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Robert D. Friedman , Burns & Levinson, LLP-MA, BOSTON, MA, Sidney Stewart Haskins, II , L. Joseph Loveland , James Andrew Pratt , Phyllis B. Sumner , King & Spalding, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Catherine Elizabeth Murillo , Burns & Levinson, LLP-MA, BOSTON, MA, Cheryl A. Sabnis , King & Spalding, LLP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee HOME DEPOT, INC.

Kristine McAlister Brown , Cari Katrice Dawson , James C. Grant , Alston & Bird, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Carmelite M. Bertaut , Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, NEW ORLEANS, LA, Kevin Dinan , King & Spalding, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, George Robert Dougherty , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLC, CHICAGO, IL, Andrew J. Knight, II , Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, JACKSONVILLE, FL, L. Joseph Loveland , Phyllis B. Sumner , King & Spalding, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, Eileen Tilghman Moss , Daniel B. Rogers , Alfred John Saikali , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, MIAMI, FL, Cheryl A. Sabnis , King & Spalding, LLP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Russell K. Scott , Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, PC, SWANSEA, IL, Paul Allen Straus , King & Spalding, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Charles Michael Trippe, Jr. , Abel Bean Law, PA, JACKSONVILLE, FL, Vickie E. Turner , Wilson Turner Kosmo, LLP, SAN DIEGO, CA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee THE HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

Before TJOFLAT, WILLIAM PRYOR, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Following a data breach at Home Depot, the information for tens of millions of credit cards was stolen, and a class of banks who issued the cards sued Home Depot to recover their resulting losses. Home Depot eventually settled with the class. As part of the settlement, Home Depot agreed to pay the reasonable attorney's fees...

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