No. 22-634

Richard Estle Carson, III v. Kathryn Hyland, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: class-action class-actions common-fund incentive-award incentive-awards representative-plaintiff representative-plaintiffs rule-23 service-award supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14
Related Cases: 22-566 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Rule 23 abrogate this Court's holdings that payments in common-fund class actions to compensate representative plaintiffs for their personal services are inequitable, "illegal," and "decidedly objectionable"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Rule 23 abrogate this Court's holdings that payments in common-fund class actions to compensate representative plaintiffs for their personal services are inequitable, 'illegal,' and 'decidedly objectionable'?

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-28
2023-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent William Yeatman to respond filed.
2023-01-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 10, 2023, for all respondents.
2023-01-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 8, 2023 to March 10, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)

Attorneys

Hyland, Garcia, Saint-Paul, Spitler-Lawson, Means, Kaplan, Guth, Nocerino, Taylor and Church
Caitlin Joan HalliganSelendy Gay Elsberg Pllc, Respondent
Navient Corporation and Navient Solutions, LLC
Beth Susan BrinkmannCovington & Burling, Respondent
Richard Estle Carson III
Eric Alan IsaacsonLaw Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, Petitioner
William Yeatman
Theodore Harold FrankHamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Respondent