Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago Ex Rel. O'Keeffe v. Ingram Corp.

On April 18, 1979, the Cook County circuit court awarded petitioner A. Denison Weaver “the sum of $900,000.00 as and for attorney’s fees” and “$16,842.30 for the expenses incurred” on behalf of “the taxpayer William F. O’Keeffe,” and awarded petitioner George J. Cullen “$60,000.00 for services rendered on behalf of the taxpayer as co-counsel.” Taxpayer O’Keeffe had instituted a derivative suit on behalf of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (MSD) against the Ingram Corporation and various related persons and entities (Ingram), in December 1975. The suit was brought under…