Baerbel McKinney-drobnis v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BAERBEL MCKINNEY-DROBNIS; No. 20-15539

JOSEPH B. PICCOLA; CAMILLE

BERLESE, individually and on behalf D.C. No. of all others similarly situated, 3:16-cv-06450- Plaintiffs-Appellees, MMC

v.

OPINION

KURT ORESHACK,

Objector-Appellant,

v.

MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Maxine M. Chesney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 8, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed October 20, 2021 MCKINNEY-DROBNIS V. ORESHACK

Before: Ronald Lee Gilman, * Ronald M. Gould, and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould; Concurrence by Judge Miller

SUMMARY **

Class Action Settlement

The panel vacated the district court’s judgment overruling objections, certifying a class for settlement, approving the settlement, and granting most of class counsel’s requested fee award in a class action arising out of a dispute between Massage Envy Franchising, LLC (“MEF”), a membership-based spa-services company, and a putative nationwide class of…