Legal Opinion
Howes v. Atkins
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 2, 1987No. Civ. A. 83-279PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the applications of numerous plaintiffs' and objectors’ attorneys for an award of attorney’s fees under the equitable common fund-common benefit doctrine, following settlement of this shareholders' derivative action. See generally, H. Newberg, Attorney Fee Awards, § 2.01 (1986). Understandably, the movants suggest a “lodestar” approach to the fee award issue, since they have all logged a cornucopia of hours and expenses. The problem with this approach is that if all the fee petitions were granted the fees would…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dennis FISHER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985
- 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
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Longden v. SundermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- In Re SmithKline Beckman Corp. Securities LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Mashburn v. National Healthcare, Inc.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
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