28 USC 1714: Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
Text contains those laws in effect on December 24, 2024
From Title 28-JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDUREPART V-PROCEDURECHAPTER 114-CLASS ACTIONS
§1714. Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
The court may not approve a proposed settlement that provides for the payment of greater sums to some class members than to others solely on the basis that the class members to whom the greater sums are to be paid are located in closer geographic proximity to the court.
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Effective Date
Section applicable to any civil action commenced on or after Feb. 18, 2005, see section 9 of