Legal Opinion
Weisburgh v. Fidelity Magellan Fund
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 23, 1999No. 98-1902PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In certain types of complex litigation, the lawyers’ monetary interests often comprise a tail that wags the dog. So it is here: this dispute over the reimbursement of certain payments fronted by the lawyers is what remains of a consolidated class action (actually, an amalgam of some 16 suits) asserting claims of securities fraud. After the district court approved a global $10,000,000 settlement, the plaintiffs’ attorneys filed a petition seeking 30% of the common fund in fees and approximately $277,000 in out-of-pocket expenses. The district court awarded the mov-ants…
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