Legal Opinion
Hill v. Volkswagen Grp. of Am., Inc. (In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Mktg., Sales Practices, & Prods. Liab. Litig.)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2019No. 17-16020; No. 17-16065; No. 17-16067; No. 17-16068; No. 17-16082; No. 17-16083; No. 17-16089; No. 17-16092; No. 17-16099; No. 17-16123; No. 17-16124; No. 17-16130; No. 17-16132; No. 17-16156; No. 17-16158; No. 17-16172; No. 17-16180PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are lawyers and law firms that represented class members in an underlying class action that secured a settlement of more than $10 billion and an additional award of $175 million in fees for class counsel. Non-class counsel filed 244 motions for attorneys' fees. In a single order, the district court denied all of the motions, determining that the lawyers neither performed common benefit work nor *636followed the proper procedures for compensation. We affirm.1
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
I. Factual Background
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