Legal Opinion
Williams v. MGM-Pathe Communications Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1997No. 96-55473PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Herbert Eisen, Trustee for the Margaret M. Eisen Family Trust, appeals the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees in connection with the settlement of a securities-fraud class action. The class brought the action against MGM Pathe Communications Co., Pathe Communications Corp., Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland, and Giancarlo Parretti (the “defendants”). The parties settled the suit in favor of the class.
*1027The class’ attorneys contend that the district court should have calculated their fee as one-third of the entire $4.5 million settlement fund, for a fee of about $1.5 million, rather than…
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