28 USC § 1713 - Protection against loss by class members

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1713"
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title: "28 USC § 1713 - Protection against loss by class members"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1713"
section_name: "Protection against loss by class members"
chapter_number: 114
chapter_name: "CLASS ACTIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)"
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# § 1713. Protection against loss by class members

The court may approve a proposed settlement under which any class member is obligated to pay sums to class counsel that would result in a net loss to the class member only if the court makes a written finding that nonmonetary benefits to the class member substantially outweigh the monetary loss.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any civil action commenced on or after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under .