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CaseNo: GRVMMMC220374, CourtName: MISC 4, Plaintiff: GAIL ROBINSON, State: IL Illinois, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>GRVMMMC220374, Settlement, Class Members, Coupons, Mortgagors, Class Counsel, Fee, Agreement, Representation, Claims Process, Gag Order, Redeem, Recovery, Support, Marine Midland, Member Margaret Quinn, Objections, Settling Parties, Certificates, Class Action, Vast Majority, Prior Restraint, Class Member Margaret, Former Permits, Inadequate Representation, Fee Petition, Redemption Rates, Consumers, York Times , ContentID: 120254220

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1 1998-05-20 OBJECTIONS TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
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1 . OBJECTIONS TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
CLASS MEMBERS
COUPONS
MORTGAGORS
CLASS COUNSEL
FEE
AGREEMENT
ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTATION
CLAIMS PROCESS
GAG ORDER
REDEEM
RECOVERY
SUPPORT
MARINE MIDLAND
COURT
MEMBER MARGARET QUINN
OBJECTIONS
SETTLING PARTIES
CERTIFICATES
CLASS ACTION
VAST MAJORITY
PRIOR RESTRAINT
CLASS MEMBER MARGARET
FORMER PERMITS
INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION
FEE PETITION
REDEMPTION RATES
CONSUMERS
YORK TIMES
                                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                       NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
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GAIL L. ROBINSON                                                                       )
and ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,                                                     )
                                                                                       )     Case
          Plaintiff,                                                                   )
                                                                                       )
vs.                                                                                    )
                                                                                       )
MARINE MIDLAND MORTGAGE                                                                )
CORPORATION,                                                                           )
                                                                                       )
            Defendant.                                                                  )





                       OBJECTIONS OF CLASS MEMBER MARGARET QUINN
                         TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FEE PETITION





Joseph A. Power, Jr.,                                                       F. Paul Bland, Jr.
Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C.                                                 Adele Kimmel
35 West Wacker Drive                                                        Arthur H. Bryant
Suite 3700                                                                  Trial Lawyer for Public
Chicago, IL  60601                                                          1717 Massachusetts
Fed. Ct. No. 02244276                                                       Suite 800
                                                                            Washington, D.C.  20036


                                                  Counsel for Margaret Quinn


Date:   May 20, 1998


                                                     TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                                                   

FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SNIPPETS:
  • OBJECTIONS OF CLASS MEMBER MARGARET QUINN
  • TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FEE PETITION
  • BURDEN OF ESTABLISHING THAT THE SETTLEMENT IS
  • OF DEMONSTRATING THAT THE CLAIMS PROCESS IS
  • MORTGAGORS
  • ARE FAIR TO CLASS MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENT
  • Will Actually Attempt to Redeem Their Coupons
  • Those Class Members Who Actually Attempt to Redeem Them
  • BY AGREEING TO A SETTLEMENT THAT CONTAINS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ONE-WAY GAG ORDER AND WILL
  • INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF THE CLASS
  • ATTORNEY FEE REQUEST SHOULD BE REJECTED BECAUSE
  • THE COURT SHOULD REQUIRE THE PARTIES TO FILE A PUBLIC REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF FORMER
  • Class member Margaret Quinn, by and through her counsel Trial Lawyers for Public
  • This class action was filed in 1995 on behalf of a nationwide class of current and former
  • mortgagors of Marine Midland Mortgage Corp..
  • The Settling Parties possess a good deal of additional information that is highly relevant to
  • When Mrs. Quinn has received answers to that discovery (and when she has been served with the
  • qualify for a loan cannot use the certificates.
  • information or commentary imposes a "prior restraint" on speech.
  • See, e.g., New York Times Co. v.
  • relatively few consumers expend the time and effort to redeem coupons.
  • Redemption rates will be enormously affected by whether Marine Midland's loans are
  • BY AGREEING TO A SETTLEMENT THAT CONTAINS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ONE-WAY GAG ORDER AND WILL
  • THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND CLASS COUNSEL'S ATTORNEY FEE REQUEST SHOULD BE REJECTED BECAUSE
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