PEARSON v. NBTY, INC.

Nos. 14-1198, 14-1227, 14-1245, 14-1389.

772 F.3d 778 (2014)

Nick PEARSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. NBTY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Theodore H. Frank, et al., Objectors-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine A. Ryan , Attorney, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, Charles C. Sweedler , Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Stewart M. Weltman , Attorney, Stewart M. Weltman LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Nick Pearson, for Docket No. 14-1198.

Jeffrey Ian Carton , Denlea & Carton LLP, White Plains, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Jennings, for Docket Nos. 14-1198 and 14-1389.

Stewart M. Weltman , Attorney, Stewart M. Weltman LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Francisco Padilla, Cecilia Linares and Augustina Blanco, for Docket No. 14-1198.

Theodore H. Frank , Melissa Aim Holyoak , Attorneys, Center for Class Action Fairness, Washington, DC, for Objector Appellant, for Docket No. 14-1198.

Robert N. Hochman , Kara L. McCall , Attorneys, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees, for Docket Nos. 14-1198, 14-1227, 14-1389 and 14-1245.

Stewart M. Weltman , Attorney, Stewart M. Weltman LLC, Chicago, IL, Elaine A. Ryan , Attorney, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, for Docket No. 14-1227.

Elaine A. Ryan , Attorney, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, Stewart M. Weltman , Attorney, Stewart M. Weltman LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellees Nick Pearson, Francisco Padilla, Cecilia Linares and Augustina Blanco, for Docket No. 14-1389.

Joseph Darrell Palmer , Attorney, Law Office of Darrell Palmer, Carlsbad, CA, for Objector Appellants, for Docket No. 14-1389.

Peter N. Freiberg , Attorney, Jeffrey Ian Carton , Denlea & Carton LLP, White Plains, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant, for Docket No. 14-1245.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

NBTY and its subsidiary Rexall Sundown manufacture vitamins and nutritional supplements, including glucosamine pills, which are dietary supplements designed to help people with joint disorders, such as osteoarthritis. See "Glucosamine," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucosamine (visited Nov. 18, 2014, as were the other websites cited in this opinion). Several class action suits have been filed in federal district courts across...

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