Legal Opinion
In re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 16, 2015No. 21 MC 100(AKH)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REGULATING DISTRIBUTIONS TO TIER IV PLAINTIFFS AND FIXING ATTORNEYS’ FEES
ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge:
I write to regulate the last stage of this extraordinary litigation, following the remand of the Court of Appeals. See In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 754 F.3d 114 (2d Cir.2014). This Order addresses three issues: (1) the calculation of the amount scheduled to be disbursed to Tier IV Plaintiffs on January 20, 2015 (“January 2015 Disbursement”), and whether reserves for attorneys’ fees withheld from prior disbursements should be included in that amount; (2) the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cohen v. LordNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Alderman v. Pan Am World AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Cirino v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- In re World Trade Center Disaster Site LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
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- In re World Trade Center Lower Manhattan Disaster Site LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015