28 U.S.C. § 1714
Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1714, Protection against discrimination based on geographic location, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465331
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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.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Class Action Fairness Act of 2005