Martha VASSALLE; Jerome Johnson; Hope Franklin; Andrea Brent, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Robert Clawson, Christopher Guest, and Manuela Rivera (11-3961); Kelli Gray (11-4016); Ladon Herring, Gilbert James, and Ann Rubio (11-4019), Objectors-Appellants,
Elaine Pelzer (11-3814 and 11-4021), Intervenor-Appellant,
v.
MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; Encore Capital Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: October 2, 2012.
Decided and Filed: February 26, 2013.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Ian B. Lyngklip, Lyngklip & Associates Consumer Law Center PLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-3814 and 11-4021. Charles Delbaum, The National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellants in 11-3961 and 11-4019. Michael D. Kinkley, Michael D. Kinkley, P.S., Spokane, Washington, for Appellant in 11-4016. Dennis E. Murray, Sr., Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Richard L. Stone, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ian B. Lyngklip, Lyngklip & Associates Consumer Law Center PLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-3814 and 11-4021. Charles Delbaum, The National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts, David E. Birkhaeuser, Bramson Plutzik Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP, Walnut Creek, California, Adam S. Nightingale, Connelly, Jackson & Collier LLP, Toledo, Ohio, Carolyn E. Coffey, MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, Matthew A. Dooley, McGlamery & Loughman Co. LPA, Sheffield Village, Ohio, for Appellants in 11-3961 and 11-4019. Michael D. Kinkley, Scott M. Kinkley, Michael D. Kinkley, P. S., Spokane, Washington, for Appellant in 11-4016. Dennis E. Murray, Sr., Donna J. Evans, Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Richard L. Stone, Amy M. Gallegos, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California, Theodore W. Seitz, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendants-Appellees. Kenneth W. Zeller, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C., Karuna B. Patel, Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.
Before: MOORE and COLE, Circuit Judges; and ROSE, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Midland Funding LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., and Encore Capital Group, Inc., the defendants-appellees, along with four plaintiffs-appellees, Andrea Brent, Martha Vassalle, Jerome Johnson, and Hope Franklin, sought approval in district court of a nationwide class settlement that settled three related lawsuits. The district court certified the class and approved the settlement. Eight objectors-appellants objected to the...
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