Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The proponents of the motion sub judice ask this court to award them reasonable counsel fees for services rendered as amici curiae performed at our direction and also seek reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. The fees sought are to compensate the movants and the estate of former Judge Arthur C. Denison.1 The amici appeared in open court, notice having been given to both the plaintiff and the defendant, and suggested that our judgments in the above entitled causes had been .procured by the plaintiff by corrupting a former judge of this court. The amici stated that…