What is the test for determining whether a settlement is fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hunter v. Ahearn (In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation), 926 F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 2019):

Amchem , 521 U.S. at 623, 117 S.Ct. 2231 (1997). When the district court determines that a proposed settlement is fundamentally fair, adequate, and reasonable, our review "is extremely limited." Hanlon , 150 F.3d at 1026. We consider the overall fairness of "the settlement taken as a whole, rather than the individual component parts," because "[n]either the district court nor this court ha[s] the ability to delete, modify or substitute certain provisions. " Id. (quoting Officers for Justice v. Civil Serv. Commn , 688 F.2d 615, 630 (9th Cir. 1982) ).

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