PARKER v. ANDERSON

No. 81-1210.

667 F.2d 1204 (1982)

Sarah Linda PARKER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Huey P. Mitchell, Appellant, v. Judith K. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Bell Helicopter Company, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

February 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Padorr, Arlington, Tex., James C. Barber, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Huey P. Mitchell, pro se.

Stephen N. Shulman, Mark C. Ellenberg, Arnold B. Podgorsky, Washington, D. C., Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Beale Dean, Fort Worth, Tex., for Bell Helicopter.

Wallace Craig, Fort Worth, Tex., Howard A. Specter, Michael D. Buchwach, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Judith K. Anderson.

Before THORNBERRY, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

We review the district court's approval of a settlement of a class action suit against Bell Helicopter Company and its award of attorneys' fees. The court's approval was granted over the objection of all but one of the eleven named plaintiffs as well as over the objections of a number of class plaintiffs. Improprieties are claimed to have occurred in the settlement negotiations and the agreement is...

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