Legal Opinion
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Peter J. McNulty Law Firm
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 2012No. 19-2005PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from the district court’s award of $30 million in attorneys’ fees to several groups of plaintiffs’ attorneys who achieved a class action settlement agreement. It presents the question of what source of law governs the award of such fees in a diversity suit, where the parties’ settlement agreement contains, inter alia, a provision expressly stating that the parties have not agreed on the source of law to apply to the fee award. We hold that under these circumstances, where there is an agreement that the defendants will pay reasonable fees, state law governs…
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