Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs was not entitled to share the fees in a second settlement fund because she was not involved in litigating that case
• ruling that one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs was not entitled to share the fees in a second settlement fund because she was not involved in litigating that case
• stating that deference under the abuse of discretion standard is afforded the court's choice to use either method for calculating an award
• stating that deference under the abuse of discretion standard is afforded the court’s choice to use either method for calculating an award
• The attorneys who effected the settlement resulting in the common fund should be paid from that fund whereas the attorney whose efforts did not result in that settlement was not entitled to be paid from the fund.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).