Legal Opinion
Milstein v. Werner
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 6, 1973No. Nos. 70 Civ. 2178 (MP), 70 Civ. 5420PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in a consolidated shareholders’ derivative suit brought on behalf of GAF Corporation have applied for allowance of compensation to their attorneys herein. The underlying suit was terminated by a comprehensive and conscientiously negotiated settlement, submitted to this Court on September 22, 1972 and approved as submitted on December 18, 1972, following adequate notice to all shareholders and a full hearing on objections held November 17, 1972.
The Court also has received a fee application from a non-attorney shareholder who appeared and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Weil v. NearySupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Jules E. Angoff v. Bernard Goldfine, Harold Brown v. Bernard GoldfineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by14 opinions
- International Travel Arrangers, Inc. v. Western Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Dunn v. H. K. Porter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Roberts v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,733 Vera G. White, Consolidated v. Joseph Auerbach, and Manhattan Fund Inc., Mortimer G. Levine, Objectors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Koppel v. WienCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
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