Opinion
MDL No. 1403 No. 01 C 1181
May 13, 2002
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The Court of Appeals has directed that this court provide a statement of reasons for the denial of the motions to intervene. The motions to intervene were heard at the same time as the settlement fairness hearing. At the conclusion of that hearing I determined to reject the objections and to approve the settlement. I then denied the motions because the objectors had been fully heard and there were to be no further proceedings in the court. I perceived no purpose for intervention at that stage. While I concluded that the objections lacked any real substance, whether or not a denial of intervention might or would affect any right to appeal was not, so far as I can recall, considered by me.