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· 1/4/1957

Bell v. Mykytiuk

Citations

  • 147 F. Supp. 315
  • 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4244

How courts have described this case

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  • approving $5,000 incentive awards where plaintiffs expended “significant time and resources” for a litigation that had been pending for “over a year”
  • approving $5,000 incentive awards where plaintiffs expended “significant time and resources” for a litigation that had been pending for “over a year”
  • approving cy pres donation to “an appropriate non-profit, legal, charitable or educational organization or entity” as part of class settlement
  • reasoning that a lodestar analysis was appropriate for FCRA litigation before the court because plaintiffs did not collect a fund of money; rather, they had to fill out a claim form to secure two free credit reports and two free credit scores
  • approving fee award which included “twelve hours of anticipated time related to the preparation and attendance at the fairness hearing” and “ten hours of anticipated time . . . related to carrying out the terms of the settlement”
  • finding award totaling 14.9% of the class’s recovery to be reasonable

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Judges: Kraft

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