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PEARSON v. TARGET CORP.

No. 19-3095.

968 F.3d 827 (2020)

Nick PEARSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TARGET CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Randy Nunez, et al., Objectors-Appellees, Appeal of: Theodore H. Frank, Objector.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart M. Weltman , Attorney, Siprut PC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael Frank Bednarz , Attorney, Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Chicago, IL, Theodore H. Frank , Attorney, Anna St. John , Attorney, Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Kara L. McCall , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

James Richard Patterson, Esq. , Attorney, Patterson Law Group, San Diego, CA, for Appellee Randy Nunez.

John Jacob Pentz, III , Attorney, Sudbury, MA, for Appellee Steven Buckley.

Patrick S. Sweeney, Pro Se.

Before Rovner, Wood, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

We address here a recurring problem in class-action litigation known colloquially as "objector blackmail." The scenario is familiar to class-action litigators on both offense and defense. A plaintiff class and a defendant submit a proposed settlement for approval by the district court. A few class members object to the settlement...

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