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WASHINGTON * * * * * * * IMPORTANT NOTICE JUDGE HAMILTON ESTABLISHES JANUARY 23, 2006 On April 8, 2005, upon joint motion of Class Counsel and counsel for AT&T, Judge David F. Hamilton entered an order approving the Certain Washington "Telecommunication Cable"/Railroad Corridor Class Settlement Court Notice which establishes January 23, 2006 as the deadline for the filing claims for Current Landowner Benefits and Prior Landowner Benefits. Claim Forms must be postmarked by January 23, 2006, in order to be deemed to be within this deadline. CERTAIN WASHINGTON On April 8, 2005, in Boreen v. AT&T Corp. (No. 1:02-cv-7005-DFH-TAB), United States District Judge David F. Hamilton (the "Court") conditionally approved a Washington "telecommunication cable"/railroad corridor settlement class, consisting, generally speaking, of the current (and certain past) owners of land underlying or adjacent to five (5) railroad corridors in Washington. The corridors are or were used to provide railway service along: Seattle to Bellevue to Tacoma, Yakima to Everett, Blaine to Everett, Tacoma to Kalama, and Kalama to Vancouver to Portland. The Court has preliminarily approved the settlement as fair, adequate, and reasonable for the Settlement Class, but the Court will conduct a hearing to make a final determination whether the Settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable and should be finally approved. This home page provides some basic settlement information and copies of important documents for persons who know they are, or think they might be, members of this Settlement Class. The settlement terms and the options a potential class member and claimant has are explained in the Court Notice. Please Note the Following Important Dates: Deadline to Comment, Object, or Opt Out: November 10, 2005 Fairness Hearing: Union Station United States Courthouse If NO objections or requests to appear and be heard have been received from any Class Members by November 10, 2005, the Court will instead hold the fairness hearing at 1:30 p.m. on December 9, 2005 at the following location: Courtroom of Judge David F. Hamilton Claims Deadline: January 23, 2006. Official Court Notice Packet The official notice packet of materials concerning the proposed settlement, may be accessed or downloaded below: * Documents require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the free PDF reader click here.
Settlement Agreement/Orders
FOR PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT Class Members desiring specific preliminary information about the benefits for which they may be eligible, may contact the Claims Office, at the Washington Case TeleCable Settlement Center,
Class Members who have legal questions about the Settlement or any questions about the Corridor Enterprise may contact Class Counsel
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