Scott et al v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Filing 340

ORDER granting 339 Motion for entry of an Order approving a payment of the remaining undistributed settlement funds. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 10/22/2021. (ams)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:08-cv-540
Luanna Scott, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

vs.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.,
Defendant.

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ORDER APPROVING CY PRES PAYMENT OF REMAINING
UNDISTRIBUTED SETTLEMENT FUNDS

THIS MATTER is before the Court pursuant to the parties’ joint motion for
entry of an Order approving a payment of the remaining undistributed settlement
funds of $70,628.25 to the National Women’s Law Center as a cy pres recipient.
(#339). Having considered the parties’ motion and the Settlement Agreement
previously approved in this case, the Court enters the following findings, conclusion,

and Order granting approval of payment of the remaining undistributed settlement
funds of $70,628.25 to the National Women’s Law Center:
The parties have stipulated that: (1) $70,628.25 of the settlement funds
previously approved in this case remain undistributed after compliance with all
provisions of the parties’ Settlement Agreement; (2) the large size of the class and

the relatively small amount of the remaining settlement funds make it impractical to
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distribute the remaining funds to class members pro rata because the cost of such
distribution would consume the entire fund, leaving nothing to distribute; (3) the
plaintiff class will be better served by distributing such funds to a cy pres recipient
dedicated to representing women’s interest in equal pay for equal work; and (4) the
National Women’s Law Center fulfills that purpose.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ joint motion for entry of
an Order approving a payment of the remaining undistributed settlement funds of
$70,628.25 to the National Women’s Law Center is GRANTED.

Signed: October 22, 2021

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