Legal Opinion

Lawler v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 20, 2017No. 1151347; 1160049; 1160158Published

1Opinion of the Court

STUART, Chief Justice.

Stanley D. Lawler; Clete Walker; Georgia Urology, P.A., and several of its member physicians (those physicians are hereinafter referred to collectively with *941Georgia Urology, P.A., as "the Georgia Urology claimants"; Lawler, Walker, and the Georgia Urology claimants are hereinafter referred to collectively as "the objectors"), filed objections in the Jefferson Circuit Court challenging a $124 million attorney fee awarded by the Jefferson Circuit Court to class counsel as part of the settlement of Johnson v. Caremark Rx, LLC ("the Caremark class action).1 After the trial…

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Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
Devlin v. ScardellettiSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
Marino v. OrtizSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
In Re Washington Public Power Supply System Securities Litigation. Class Chemical Bank, in Its Representative Capacity as Trustee for Bondholders, and Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach Molloy, Jones & Donahue, P.C. v. City of Seattle Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington Bonneville Power Administration, Class and Lawrence Laub v. Continental Assurance Company v. City of Seattle Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington Bonneville Power Administration, Class and Continental Assurance Company v. Berger & Montague, P.A. v. City of Seattle Oregon Public Entities, Benton Rural Electric Association, Washington Washington Public Power Supply System R.W. Beck and Associates Ebasco Services Incorporated United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Director Participants' Committee Public Utility District No. 1, of Klickitat County United States of America, on Behalf of Itself and Its Agency, the Bonneville Power Administration State of Washington Bonneville Power AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994

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