Legal Opinion
Vincent v. Hughes Air West, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1977No. Nos. 74-3283, 75-1630, 75-1660, 75-1629, 75-1639, 75-1661, 75-1631, 75-1658, 75-1659, 75-1656, 75-1658, 75-1657, 75-1633, 75-1641, 75-1637, 75-1638, 75-1640, 75-1642, 75-1634 to 75-1636, 75-1653, 75-1654, 75-1599, 75-1655, and 75-1632PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
In consolidated cases arising out of a 1971 air crash disaster, the district court awarded attorneys’ fees to four law firms that had comprised a plaintiffs’ “committee of lead counsel” for discovery and other purposes. The award was to be paid out of the various settlements negotiated between the defendants, Hughes Air West, Inc. (Hughes) and the United States, and the next-of-kin of the crash victims. Some of the next-of-kin and their attorneys appeal, contending either that the district court had no authority to make the award or that the court erred in computing the…
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