Dixie J. O'neill, Etc. v. Church's Fried Chicken, Inc.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Church’s Fried Chicken (Church’s) appeals the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to plaintiff-appellee Dixie J. O’Neill (O’Neill) pursuant to the “common fund” exception to the general American rule against such awards. O’Neill is a former shareholder of Church’s, and incurred the expenses in her fight to cause the former directors of Church’s (directors or board) ultimately to approve and cease to frustrate a tender offer for all of Church’s stock made by Biscuit Investments, Inc. (Biscuit), a corporation owned by Alvin C. Copeland…