Legal Opinion
In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 20, 1997No. MDL 1061, 95-4704PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLIN, District Judge.
The Court here decides the petition for attorneys’ fees and expenses jointly submitted by plaintiffs’ counsel in the class action lawsuit (the “Class Action”) against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”). All interested parties have had the opportunity to submit written arguments with respect to the fee petition, and on March 17, 1997, the Court held a public hearing (the “Fee Hearing”) at which all interested parties were provided the opportunity to voice either their support or opposition to the fee petition.
At the heart of the Class Action…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Boeing Co. v. Van GemertSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- 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
- Ex Parte PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by25 opinions
- In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Sales Practices LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- In Re: Cendant Corporation Prides LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- In Re Prudential Insurance Company America Sales Practice Litigation Agent Actions, Michael P. Malakoff, Esquire, and Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- In Re AT & T Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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