Class Action Case Study: Sandwich Abuse

[Fife]

Some of you might find this interesting, and even a bit entertaining. I know this looks like a joke, but it's a real case.

Ted Frank (https://twitter.com/tedfrank) is a pretty interesting guy. He the director of an outfit he created, the Center for Class Action Fairness. https://cei.org/content/ted-frank

He does Gonzo stuff like figuring out which classes he belongs to in dumbass class actions, and then sticking his dick in the works.

Last week he got what I'm sure was a rather satisfying opinion from the 7th Cir., from Judge Diane Sykes (who is on Trump's SCOTUS short list). Frank had to fight against both plaintiff class counsel AND Subway, believe it or not.

Appeals Court tosses Subway footlong settlement

A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a class-action settlement intended to resolve claims that the Subway sandwich chain deceived customers by selling “Footlong” subs that were less than a foot long.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago called the settlement “utterly worthless,” and said the customers’ lawyers were not entitled to attorney’s fees for convincing Subway it was better to make the case go away than fight.

“A class action that seeks only worthless benefits for the class and yields only fees for class counsel is no better than a racket and should be dismissed out of hand,” Circuit Judge Diane Sykes wrote for a three-judge panel. “That’s an apt description of this case.”

Here's the opinion, definitely worth a read: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/r ... 017393:S:0

[Speaker to Animals]

If this is true, I am sure a lot of people are owed at least several feet worth of sub sandwiches. This is serious.

[Okeefenokee]

It was in the pool.