Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that district courts should consider fee-allocation agreements when approving a class settlement
• affirming district court’s fee award, which was based on the percentage-of-the-fund and cross-checked according to the lodestar, without reviewing its lodestar analysis
• describing the factors used to determine whether an award of attorney fees was reasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Soberay MacHine & Equipment Company, (96-3946 97-3308)/cross-Appellee v. Mrf Limited, Inc., Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant (96-3997)
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-07-07· cited 127×
• Lonardo v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 2010-07-21· cited 93×
• In Re Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2001-03-08· cited 52×
• Benzon v. Morgan Stanley Distributors, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-08-22· cited 27×
• Christopher Graveline v. Jocelyn Benson
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-03-29· cited 21×
• United States v. Baha Jaffal
  Sixth Circuit· 2023-08-14· cited 18×
• Brent Adkins v. Marathon Petroleum Co., LP
  Sixth Circuit· 2024-06-24· cited 10×
• Bowling v. Pfizer
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-01-05
• Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. v. TOLEDO ENGINEERING CO.
  N.D. Ohio· 2005-09-13
• In re Murray, Inc. v.
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-07-24
• In re E. Palestine Train Derailment
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-11-25
• Rieth-Riley Construction Co. v. Operating Engineers Local 324
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-04-03

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sheila L. Logan v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation Kellermeyer Building Services, Inc., an Ohio Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-01-19· cited 247×
• Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-12-12· cited 129×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-06-20· cited 117×
• Rawlings v. Prudential-Bache Properties, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-11-10· cited 114×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation. (Appeal of David Dean)
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-21· cited 86×
• Coleman v. American Red Cross
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-05-16· cited 81×
• Sharon Cramblit v. Edward Fikse, Captain Rodney McFarland and Patrolman Jerry Leach
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-08-30· cited 52×
• Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 1996-03-01· cited 23×
• Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 1996-05-24· cited 5×