Valente v. Pepsico, Inc.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

Two major issues remain to be resolved in connection with the administration of this vexed settlement;1 both concern attorneys’ fees. Several individual members of the plaintiff class have petitioned the Court for reimbursement of legal expenses incurred in defending the validity of their claims against defendants’ challénges. Also, class counsel contends that it is entitled to interest from the settlement fund on the $1,125,-000 attorneys’ fee award the Court made in 1979. For the reasons set out hereinafter, the Court awards attorneys’ fees and…