Legal Opinion
Walitalo v. Iacocca
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1992No. Nos. 91-2835, 91-2870 and 91-2885PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Chrysler Corporation and other defendants appeal the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to two attorneys. The district court appointed these attorneys to manage pretrial discovery on behalf of plaintiffs who had opted out of an odometer fraud class action and filed individual lawsuits.1 When the discovery was nearly complete, the district court awarded the attorneys fees totalling 40% of the amount •recovered by any plaintiff in excess of $500. The court also awarded them reim*743bursement of their expenses. In this appeal, appellants challenge the district court’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mallory v. EyrichCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972. Dorothy Gordon, Etc., Joseph Mazur and Rose Mazur, Meryl Adrienne Rubin, Etc., and Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg, Their Attorneys v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Steve N. Minguzzi, and Landes, Wingate & Shamis, Their Attorneys v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., and "Plaintiffs' Committee,"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- International Travel Arrangers, Inc. v. Western Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United Healthcare Corporation v. American Trade Insurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Thomas J. Johnston Therese A. Johnston, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Comerica Mortgage Corporation, Beth Wills, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Cenlar Federal Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Zilhaver v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2009
- Morris v. TateCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- In Re Linerboard Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
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