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DUNN v. H.K. PORTER CO., INC.

No. 78-1439.

602 F.2d 1105 (1979)

Harry C. DUNN, Elmer F. Heier, Willis G. Jones and James Price, suing on behalf of themselves and as representatives of a class of persons formerly employed by the H.K. Porter Company, Inc. v. H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC. Bertha ZECOSKI and Marie Lee v. H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC. Appeal of Warren L. SOFFIAN, Esquire, and Richard S. Hoffmann, Esquire.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Resubmitted February 23, 1979.

Decided June 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren L. Soffian, Master, Donsky & Soffian, Jerome E. Bogutz, Bogutz & Mazer, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., Richard S. Hoffmann, Newtown, Pa., for appellants.

Joel A. Forkosch, Associate Professor of Law, Camden, N. J., amicus curiae.

Before GIBBONS, VAN DUSEN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) December 12, 1978.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal, we are compelled to explore a matter of considerable sensitivity to the bar and delicacy to the bench—the authority of a district court to set aside private contingent fee agreements entered into between a member of the bar and various members of a class, properly certified pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3). We conclude that...

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