Baranco
Baranco v. Ford Motor Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID BARANCO, et al., Case No. 17-cv-03580-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REQUESTING
v. INFORMATION FROM THE PARTIES
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Docket No. 151 Defendant.
12 Before the Court will approve the parties’ Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice, Docket No. 151, the Court requests information from the parties about the scope and nature of the publicity associated with this putative class action. As Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) compels, “A class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner as the court directs.” This requirement “is to protect the interests of absent plaintiffs before permitting dismissal.” Schultzen v. Woodbury Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 217 F.R.D. 469, 470 (N.D. Iowa 2003). Although “the class has not been certified . . . ‘[t]his requirement…