STETSON v. GRISSOM

Nos. 13-57061, 13-57159.

821 F.3d 1157 (2016)

Stephen STETSON, individual and all others similarly situated; Shane Lavigne, individual and all others similarly situated; Christine Leigh Brown-Roberts, individual and all others similarly situated; Valentin Yuri Karpenko, individual and all others similarly situated; Jake Jeremiah Fathy, individual and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and West Publishing Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation, dba Bar/BRI; Kaplan, Inc., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Seth Bryant GRISSOM; James Ralph Garrison, III; Dustin Kennemer; Nathan Hunt; John Kelley; John Amari, Objectors-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Tucker (argued), Jackson & Tucker PC, Birmingham, AL, for Objectors-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Alan Harris (argued), Harris & Ruble, Perrin F. Disner (argued), Law Offices of Perrin F. Disner, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

We consider in this disposition whether, when a common-fund settlement agreement has been reached in a class action and fees have been awarded to class counsel, a non-participating class member who objects only to the fee award has standing to appeal the denial of his own request for fees. We also consider...

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