Legal Opinion
In Re SmithKline Beckman Corp. Securities Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 29, 1990No. 88-7474PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
The individual plaintiffs in this consolidated class action seek, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, judicial approval of a negotiated settlement agreement in which the defendants agreed to pay class members the sum of $22 million. Plaintiffs’ lead counsel have filed a joint petition for reimbursement of expenses and an award of attorneys’ fees. As part of the latter application, counsel also request that special awards be conferred upon the class representatives. An appropriately noticed public hearing was held on October 3, 1990.…
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