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Objector

A class member who challenges a proposed settlement at the fairness hearing.

Objectors serve a legitimate structural function in testing settlements no one else has an incentive to contest, though the practice has attracted a well-documented strand of opportunistic objection. Rule 23(e)(5) now requires court approval for payment in exchange for withdrawing an objection.

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