Legal Opinion
Walco Investments, Inc. v. Thenen
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided July 18, 1997No. 93-2534-CIVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES
MORENO, District Judge.
Counsel for the Plaintiffs and other related parties seek an additional $16,000,000 in attorneys’ fees as compensation for their efforts in representing over sixteen hundred individuals in this class action suit brought against multiple defendants. Combining the requested compensation with the $7,525,200 in interim fees previously awarded, see Appendix, Table I, the attorneys’ total fee request represents 16.67% 1 of the more than $141 million common fund, see Appendix, Table II. The class members and the Creditors Committee from the…
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