In Re GNC Shareholder Litigation: All Actions

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that no general rule exists for awarding a reasonable percentage, court considers fact that “the normal range of common fund securities and antitrust suits is between 20 and 30 percent”
• “Determination of what is a fair and reasonable fee award from a common fund ... calls for the informed exercise of judicial discretion under all the circumstances.”
• range of 20% to 30% apparently used as a starting point
• incentive award of $3,000 to each named plaintiff
• 25% fee from recovery of $1.5 million

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Six (6) Mexican Workers v. Arizona Citrus Growers Bodine Produce Company, Inc. Robert Fletcher, D/B/A Fletcher Farms
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-18· cited 441×
• In re Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation
  N.D. Georgia· 1993-03-22· cited 127×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Bolger
  Third Circuit· 1993-08-18· cited 103×
• Weseley v. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg
  E.D. New York· 1989-04-20· cited 61×
• In Re American Bank Note Holographics, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-01-02· cited 47×
• Lazy Oil, Co. v. Witco Corp.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-12-31· cited 34×
• In Re Unisys Corp. Retiree Medical Benefits Erisa Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-03-20· cited 27×
• In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation
  D. New Jersey· 1997-03-20· cited 25×
• In Re MicroStrategy, Inc. Securities Litigation
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-07-10· cited 24×
• In re Mills Corp. Securities Litigation
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-12-23· cited 22×
• Strougo ex rel. Brazilian Equity Fund, Inc. v. Bassini
  S.D. New York· 2003-04-07· cited 16×
• Petruzzi's, Inc. v. Darling-Delaware Co., Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-08-18· cited 15×
• Steiner v. Hercules Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1993-09-24· cited 8×
• Sala v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1989-11-13· cited 7×
• Bell Atlantic Corporation v. Bolger
  Third Circuit· 1993-08-18

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 955×
• Carson v. American Brands, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-25· cited 921×
• Girsh v. Jepson
  Third Circuit· 1975-07-25· cited 427×