Legal Opinion
Weseley v. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 20, 1989No. 88 C 397PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NICKERSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act (the Act), 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) (1982), alleging that defendant artificially inflated the opening price of J.P. Morgan common stock on October 20, 1987. The parties entered into a settlement, which the court approved. Plaintiff’s counsel, Richard Apple-by, Esq. (Appleby), now moves for an award of $575,000 in attorney’s fees and a special award of $5,000 for his client.
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Defendant is a “specialist” for a number of stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the…
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