Legal Opinion
In Re Capital Underwriters, Inc. Securities Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 5, 1981No. MDL 356 WHOPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge.
Counsel for the class of plaintiff investors in this multidistrict (“MDL”) securities action have submitted petitions for attorneys’ fees and costs totaling over $1 million, to be paid out of a settlement fund of $1.75 million. Applying the standards of review listed in Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., 526 F.2d 67, 70 (9th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 951, 96 S.Ct. 1726, 48 L.Ed.2d 195 (1976), within the framework first delineated in Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Sanitary Corp., 487 F.2d 161 (3d Cir. 1973) (hereinafter cited as “Lindy…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Moore v. Jas. H. Matthews & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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- In re Oracle Securities LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1990
- In Re Washington Public Power Supply System Securities LitigationDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1990
- Kirkorian v. BorelliDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1988
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