VINCENT v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC.

Nos. 74-3283, 75-1630, 75-1660, 75-1629, 75-1639, 75-1661, 75-1631, 75-1658, 75-1659, 75-1656, 75-1658, 75-1657, 75-1633, 75-1641, 75-1637, 75-1638, 75-1640, 75-1642, 75-1634 to 75-1636, 75-1653, 75-1654, 75-1599, 75-1655, and 75-1632.

557 F.2d 759 (1977)

Jewel VINCENT, Claimant-Appellant, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee. Howard BRAND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Norene E. FORGY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Cynthia KALBFLEISCH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR CORP., a corporation, d/b/a Air West, Inc., etc., et al., United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. Daniel SUBIC and Alice Elder, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, and United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. Norene E. FORGY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees. Howard BRAND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees. James A. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUGHES AIR CORPORATION, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. James A. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Kathryn J. THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. James A. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUGHES AIR CORPORATION, etc., Defendant-Appellee. Kathryn J. THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR CORPORATION, etc., Defendant-Appellee. Apolinar ESPITIA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Cheryl Johnson DEVEAU et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Guillermo RANGEL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Ana Rosa RANGEL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Daniel SUBIC and Alice Elder, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Cheryl Johnson DEVEAU et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Apolinar ESPITIA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Guillermo RANGEL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Ana Rosa RANGEL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Steven BIRD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUGHES AIR WEST, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Leland A. HARWARD and Phyllis Harward, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees. Margaret M. REEVES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Steven BIRD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned Good, Los Angeles, Cal., Floyd A. Demanes, Burlingame, Cal., Myron D. Gabbert, Jr., Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, Idaho, Charles D. Sneathern, Daniel C. Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., argued on behalf of all appellants.

Ben Margolis, Margolis, McTernan, Scope & Sacks, Los Angeles, Cal., John D. Miller, Miller, Bronn & Brummett, Long Beach, Cal., argued on behalf of appellees.

Before CARTER and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

In consolidated cases arising out of a 1971 air crash disaster, the district court awarded attorneys' fees to four law firms that had comprised a plaintiffs' "committee of lead counsel" for discovery and other purposes. The award was to be paid out of the various settlements negotiated between the defendants, Hughes Air West, Inc. (Hughes) and the United States, and the next-of-kin of the crash victims. Some of the next-of-kin and their attorneys...

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