Legal Opinion
Rawlings v. Prudential-Bache Properties, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1993No. 92-1588PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to select the proper way to calculate attorney’s fees when a successful class action has resulted in the creation of a common fund to be distributed among members of the class. Class counsel contend that the district court abused its discretion by adopting the wrong methodology. Upon review, we conclude that the district court properly tailored the lodestar method to fit the facts of this case. Accordingly, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In April 1990, Beigel & Sandler (“class counsel”) filed this action naming Robert W. Rawlings as plaintiff,…
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