Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp. (1978)

See Ace Heating & Plumbing Co. v. Crane Co., supra, 453 F.2d at 33 ; In re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation, supra, 643 F.2d at 223 (“Rule 23 includes no language proscribing combined notice of a class action and a proposed settlement.”); Marshall v. Holiday Magic, Inc., 550 F.2d 1173, 1176 (9 Cir. 1977); Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 639 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff’d, 645 F.2d 699 (9 Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 …

In making this point, we emphasize that a court’s obligation to scrutinize class-action settlements and some agreements peripheral to class-action settlements for evidence of collusion, see, e.g., In re General Motors Corp., 55 F.3d at 805 ; Weinberger, 925 F.2d at 524-25 , does not in some way trump the systemic interest in finality of judgments — an interest that might be thought particularly strong in the class-action context, see Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D.…

In making this point, we emphasize that a court's obligation to scrutinize class-action settlements and some agreements peripheral to class-action settlements for evidence of collusion, see, e.g., In re General Motors Corp., 55 F.3d at 805; Weinberger, 925 F.2d at 924-25 , does not in some way trump the systemic interest in finality of judgments an interest that might be thought particularly strong in the class-action context, see Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 62…

Litig., 47 F.3d 373, 378 (9th Cir.1995) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted) (noting "strong judicial policy that favors settlement") 18 See Valerio, 80 F.R.D. at 649 ("[R]estricting the res judicata effect of class action settlements would lessen a defendant's incentive to settle....")

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 636 (N.D.Cal. 1978), aff’d, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981).

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 647 (N.D.

Accord, Klein v. Frank, 534 F.2d 1104, 1107 (5th Cir.1976) (applying Florida law); Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 632-33 (N.D.Cal.1978) (applying California law), affirmed 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981); Kersten v. Continental Bank, 129 Ariz. 44, 46-47 , 628 P.2d 592, 594-95 (Ariz. Ct.App.1981); Estate of Garrett v. Garrett, 24 Ill.App.3d 895, 898 , 322 N.E.2d 213, 216 (1975); Fairbanks v. Koelling…

Tex. Aug. 9, 1999); accord Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 646 (N.D.Cal. 1978) (“The question then is whether [the] evidence demonstrates fraud on the court.”) aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.1981)). 15 But the Court need not adopt one standard or the other for the purposes of Higgs’s motion.

In Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 641 (N.D.Cal.1978), the court explained: "Fraud upon the court” should ... embrace only the species of fraud which does or attempts to defile the court itself, or is a fraud perpetrated by officers of the court so that the judicial machinery can not perform in the usual manner its impartial task of adjudging cases that are presented for adjudication. 7 Moore's Federal Practice P 60.33 at 512-13 (2d ed.1970).

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 648-49 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.1981).

Id; see also In re Cendant Corp. Litig., 264 F.3d 201, 235 (3d Cir.2001) (finding notice was sufficient where, although it could have been clearer on how to object, notice provided the class members with phone number and address for obtaining further information); Weinberger, 698 F.2d at 71 (finding notice was sufficient because “[t]hose who wanted to probe more deeply [into the Settlement Agreement] could, as the notice plainly told them, examine the settlement stipulation …

No. 59), at p. 2, and (b) the Trustee's contract breach cause of action, based as it is upon the Contract, is consequently time barred by California's two-year statute of limitations contained in Cal.Code § 339(1), particularly given that [t]he courts have been equally consistent in their position that[,] to bring the four-year limitations period [of Cal.Code § 337(1)] into play[,] "it is not sufficient that the cause of action is in some way remotely or indirectly connected…

Aug. 9, 1999); Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 646-47 (N.D.Cal.1978).

Williston & Beane Incorporated (S.D.N.Y. 1974) 372 F.Supp. 821 [general release in exchange for partial payment of a debt in connection with securities transactions]; Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp. (N.D.Cal. 1978) 80 F.R.D. 626, 656 [settlement by class members in real property sales action did not itself violate the securities acts].) Unlike the agreement at issue in this case, the settlements in the cited cases did not operate to prohibit the reporting of regulatory violat…

Free v. Peters, 826 F.Supp. 1153, 1154 (N.D.Ill.1993) (citing Goldy v. Beal, 91 F.R.D. 451, 455 (M.D.Pa.1981)) See also H.K Porter, 536 F.2d at 1118 (holding parties seeking to avoid judgment on the basis of Rule 60(b)(3) ordinarily are required to make a prima facie showing of fraud in order to be entitled to discovery after judgment); Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 647 (N.D.Cal.1978)(same).

Porter Co. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 536 F.2d 1115, 1118 (6th Cir.1976) (finding no cases dealing with the right to post-judgment discovery); Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 646 (N.D.Cal.1978) (noting the paucity of authority concerning the question of post-judgment discovery), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981).

Porter, 536 F.2d at 1118 ; Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 647 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff 'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981).

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 658 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981); Klamath-Lake Pharmaceutical Ass’n v. Klamath Medical Service Bureau, 701 F.2d 1276 , 1293 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 822 , 104 S.Ct. 88 , 78 L.Ed.2d 96 (1983); Gabrielson v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 785 F.2d 762, 766 (9th Cir.1986).

Although plaintiff bears the burden of proving the suit was filed within the limitations period, Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 633 (N.D.Cal.1978), a complaint should not be dismissed unless it appears beyond doubt that plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of their claim.

Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 635, n. 1 (N.C.Ca.1978), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 , cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981); 9 Wright & Miller, supra, Section 2410 at 359 . ("the power of a court to take judicial notice of its own records is amply established by a multitude of cases”). 16 .

See Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626 , 633 n. 2 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 (1981) (suggesting, in dicta, that class members were on inquiry notice because relevant facts were available in the settlement agreement filed with the court). 27 Additionally, the FDIC, in a memorandum filed with the district court on the day of the settlement hearing, set forth its objection to the cancellation of the National Union …

See Valerio, 80 F.R.D. at 649 ("[Restricting the res judicata effect of class action settlements would lessen a defendant's incentive to settle... .”).

See, e.g., Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 658 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff' d, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981).

See, e.g., Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 658 (N.D.Cal.1978), aff'd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981). 18 If neither Mr. Gabrielson nor the plaintiff were entitled to benefits under the Health Care Plan, it would be futile to permit amendment of the complaint because any claim could be defeated on a motion for summary judgment.

See, Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 640-642 (N.D.Cal.1978); Toscano v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 441 F.2d 930, 934 (9th Cir. 1971).

See, Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 640-642 (N.D.Cal.1978); Toscano v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 441 F.2d 930, 934 (9th Cir. 1971).

Beggerly, 524 U.S. at 47 , 118 S.Ct. 1862 (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 641 (C.D.Cal.1978), adopted as the opinion of the Ninth Circuit in 645 F.2d 699, 700 (9th Cir.1981) (“[Nondisclosure to the court of facts allegedly pertinent to the matter before it, will not ordinarily rise to the level of fraud on the court”).

See Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626 , 635 n. 1 (N.D.Cal.1978) (judicial notice may be taken of court records), affd, 645 F.2d 699 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1126 , 102 S.Ct. 976 , 71 L.Ed.2d 113 (1981). 5 .

See, e.g., Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626, 636 (N.D.Cal.1978) (finding notice adequate, in part, because it noted that all documents were available for inspection at courthouse).

See the opinion in support of our order, Valerio v. Boise Cascade Home & Land Corp., 80 F.R.D. 626 (1978), affirmed, 9 Cir., 645 F.2d 699 (1981).