Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court has brought new uncertainty to federal class action settlements by making them vulnerable to appeals by plaintiffs who are not named in a suit.

Ruling in Devlin v. Scardelletti, 01-417, the Court on Monday said that people affected by a settlement could appeal it even if they were not named class representatives and even if they did not intervene at an earlier stage, so long as they objected at a fairness hearing before a trial judge in the case.

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