Legal Opinion
Reena Frailich v. Sandra Disner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2012No. 10-55309, 10-55342, 10-56730, 10-56700, 10-56703, 10-56724, 10-56737, 10-56803, 10-57037PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
These thirteen consolidated appeals brought by class counsel 1 and six groups of objectors (collectively, “Objectors”) 2 challenge the district court’s decisions regarding attorney fee awards after the settlement of an antitrust class action against West Publishing Corp. and Kaplan, Inc. In this opinion, we address nine separate appeals, which challenge the propriety of the district court’s decision to deny attorneys’ fees to class counsel McGuireWoods on account of a conflict of interest and to deny fees to objectors for their efforts in securing that decision. 3…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. HinksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Staton v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Boeing Co. v. Van GemertSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by88 opinions
- Robert Radcliffe v. Experian Information SolutionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- Caitlin Ahearn v. Hyundai Motor AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Stephen Stetson v. West Publishing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
- Carlin v. DairyAmerica, Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 2019
- Chambers v. Whirlpool Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 2016
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