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Code · U.S. Code · Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 114— CLASS ACTIONS · § 1714

§ 1714. Protection against discrimination based on geographic location

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The court may not approve a proposed settlement that provides for the payment of greater sums to some class members than to others solely on the basis that the class members to whom the greater sums are to be paid are located in closer geographic proximity to the court.
(Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)
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  • Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a)
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§ 1714
Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a)
Stat.119 Stat. 7
Pub. L.section 9 of Pub. L. 109–2
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