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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR SAIGON, SO. VIETNAM

Nos. 80-2428, 81-1105.

671 F.2d 564 (1982)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM, ON APRIL 4, 1975 (Two Cases). Appeal of Judith GORE as Guardian Ad Litem of Donald Dione, Jr., et al. (Two Cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Herzog with whom Ned Good, Los Angeles, Cal., was on the brief for appellants.

Raymond Donald Battocchi with whom Isaac N. Groner, Judith E. Olingy and Daniel S. Goodman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee.

Carroll E. Dubuc, Aidan D. Jones and Temple L. Ratcliffe, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, and TAMM and WALD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

This case comes in the aftermath of a crash of a Lockheed C5A aircraft in Vietnam in 1975. Appellants here challenge the apportionment of lead and liaison counsel costs in the multidistrict litigation which resulted from the crash. They also challenge the propriety of the district court's order that the plaintiff's attorneys pay those costs — out of their own pockets, if necessary. We reject the first challenge but, under...

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