Legal Opinion
Silvestri v. Barrett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2008No. 07-30384PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel in this class action case persuaded the district court to divide up a $6.875 million lump sum attorneys’ fee award among more than six dozen plaintiffs’ lawyers according to Lead Counsel’s proposed allocation. This might be permissible, except that the court was so persuaded in an ex parte hearing and apparently without benefit of supporting data. The court further accepted Lead Counsel’s proposed order sealing the individual awards; preventing all counsel from communicating with anyone about the awards; requiring releases from counsel *224who…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. KellstromCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- In re Fine Paper Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Piambino v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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- In Re High Sulfur Content Gasoline Products Liab.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008