Legal Opinion
In re Oracle Securities Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 3, 1990No. Master File No. C-90-0931-VRWPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WALKER, District Judge.
The “all too familiar path of large [class action] securities cases,” such as those now before the court, is one of “lugubrious” pleadings contests, “massive” discovery and settlement, on the eve or just after the start of trial. In re Activision Securities Litigation, 723 F.Supp. 1373 (N.D.Cal. 1989). At the end of this path are plaintiffs’ applications for attorney fees, which led Judge Patel of this court to lament:
“It is at this point in these and other common fund cases that the court is abandoned by the adversary system and left to the plaintiffs' unilateral…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Goldfarb v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Marek v. ChesnySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- In re Fine Paper Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. BolgerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- In re Cendant Corp. LitigationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
- Newby v. Enron Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 2002
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