Legal Opinion
Cassese v. Wash. Mut., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 20, 2012No. 11-4333-cv(L)UnpublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
These cross-appeals arise from approval of a settlement ending over six years of class action litigation against defendant Washington Mutual, Inc. (“WMI”), for alleged violations of federal and state law in charging pre-payment fees relating to residential mortgage and home equity loans. No party to this appeal challenges the terms of the settlement itself. Rather, various non-party class members (“objectors”) appeal from the denial of their challenges to the award of $1,705,000 in costs, of which $1.7 million represents attorney’s fees, to class counsel Lowey Dannenberg Cohen &…
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