Legal Opinion
Stanger v. China Electric Motor, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 15, 2016No. 13-56903PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal of an attorneys’ fees award in a securities class action. The parties reached a settlement and the district court approved the settlement and awarded attorneys’ fees. Named-plaintiff, Mike McGee, appeals on behalf of class counsel (“Class Counsel”) contending that the fee award was arbitrary. We conclude that the district court’s near total failure to explain the basis of its award was an abuse of discretion. Thus, we vacate the award and remand with instructions to recalculate the fee award and provide a more detailed explanation of the fee award.
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