Brody v. Hellman

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that Johnson factors weighed in favor of fee award where “there was no prearranged fee other than an understanding the fee would be contingent on the outcome”
• finding that Johnson factors weighed in favor of fee award where “there was no prearranged fee other than an understanding the fee would be contingent on the outcome”
• noting the court’s “obligation to the members of the class with whom no fee agreement had been negotiated was to determine the reasonableness of the award”
• collecting cases approving percentage fees ranging from 24% to 36% of the common fund
• “[A] multiplier of 2.3 times the lodestar is well within the range of fees customarily awarded in complex litigation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).