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POWELL v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Nos. 12696, 12721.

267 F.2d 241 (1959)

Robert POWELL and Elizabeth W. Lawrence, United States of America (Intervening Plaintiff) v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, George M. Harrison, Individually and as Grand President of The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees; and S. V. W. Loehr, General Chairman, Individually and as General Chairman of The Pennsylvania System Board of Adjustment; The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, Robert Powell and Elizabeth W. Lawrence, Appellants in No. 12,696. The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, Appellant in No. 12,721.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Richette, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants Robert Powell et al.

Walter Biddle Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, etc., et al.

Before KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and EGAN, District Judge, sitting specially.

EGAN, District Judge.

The principal question presented by these appeals is whether the amount allowed by the Court below to counsel for plaintiffs in a class action is inadequate to compensate them for the services performed.

On June 8, 1956 the individual plaintiffs, employees during the years 1944 to 1948 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and at the same time members of The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station...

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