Arthur Krause v. James A. Rhodes, Sindell, Lowe & Guidubaldi, a Partnership, Attorney General of Ohio, Intervenor

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Steven Sindell, the original counsel for 12 of the plaintiffs in the 1970 Kent State shooting cases, 1 appeals from orders entered by Judge William K. Thomas approving a settlement of this lengthy and bitterly fought litigation.

Sindell contends that his 33%% contingency fee contracts for representation of these plaintiffs invalidate the limitation and allocation of attorneys’ fees occasioned by the District Court’s approval of a $675,-000 “settlement” between the State of Ohio 2 and the litigants. As appellant Sin-dell’s counsel states the matter:

None of the substantive…