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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ohio Public Employees Retirement System v. General Reinsurance Corp..

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1 Ohio Public Employees Retirement System v. General Reinsurance Corp. Anchor
ca2 · 2012
green “before approving a class settlement agreement, a district court must first determine whether the requirements for class certification in rule 23(a) and (b) have been satisfied.” 10
2 D'Amato v. Deutsche Bank
ca2 · 2001
green “the district court determines a settlement's fairness by examining the negotiating process leading up to the settlement as well as the settlement's substantive terms.” 7
3 In re Facebook, Inc., Ipo Sec. & Derivative Litig.
ilsd · 2018
green “whether 'the terms of the settlement and the negotiation process leading up to it' are fair.” 3
4 Local 1180, Commc'ns Workers of Am. v. City of N.Y.
ilsd · 2019
green “the district court must determine that it is 'fair, adequate, and reasonable, and not a product of collusion.” 3
5 Strougo ex rel. Brazilian Equity Fund, Inc. v. Bassini
nysd · 2003
green “virtually impossible to predict' which side's testimony would be found more credible, as well as 'which damages would be found to have been caused by actionable, rather than the myriad nonactionable factors such as general market conditions.” 3

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