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IN RE AGENT ORANGE PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 381.

611 F.Supp. 1296 (1985)

In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

As Modified June 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Schlegel, Schlegel & Trafelet, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Benton Musslewhite, Law Offices of Benton Musslewhite, Inc., Houston, Tex., Thomas Henderson, Henderson & Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., Phillip E. Brown, Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, San Francisco, Cal., Stanley Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, John Q. O'Quinn, O'Quinn and Hagans, Houston, Tex., Neil R. Peterson and Gene Locks, Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, Pa., Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, Tex., Irving Like, Reilly, Like and Schneider, Babylon, N.Y., David J. Dean, Dean, Falanga & Rose, Carle Place, N.Y., Aaron Twerski, Hempstead, N.Y., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Leonard Rivkin, Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, Garden City, N.Y., Philip Pakula, Townley & Updike, Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, William Krohley, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Thomas Beck, Arthur, Dry & Kalish, Bruce Hecker, Shea & Gould, New York City, for defendants; David R. Gross, Budd, Larner, Kent, Gross, Picillo & Rosenbaum, New York City, Paul V. Esposito, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, Ill., Henry G. Miller, Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, N.Y., of counsel.

Arvin Maskin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for third-party defendant U.S.

                          TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ...................................... 1301

  II. LEGAL STANDARDS FOR AWARDING
      ATTORNEY FEES ........................................... 1303

      A. General Problem ...................................... 1303

      B. Fee Award ............................................ 1304
         1. "Lodestar" Analysis ............................... 1305
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