Hymen Schlesinger and David A. Hensler v. Hon. Hubert Teitelbaum, United States District Judge

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

This case, where petitioners (a seaman and his attorney) request issuance of a writ of mandamus and prohibition, presents the issue of whether a district court may establish a schedule of contingent fees for use in personal injury actions brought by seamen, providing that such fees or lesser fees considered as guidelines shall be deemed to be fair and reasonable and that any fees in excess of such schedule shall constitute the exaction of unreasonable compensation in violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar…