In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust Actions

MEMORANDUM APPROVING PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND ATTORNEYS FEES

MILES W. LORD, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon motion of the “Doughboy Committee of Counsel” for the Court to accept the plan of distribution recommended by the Committee of Counsel and to distribute the “Doughboy Settlement Fund” to certain class claimants. Also before the Court are some sixteen petitions for attorneys fees and allowances from various lawyers representing the class.

1. HISTORY OF THE ACTION:

The Doughboy action is one of the many class actions and class action settlements involved in the In Re…