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MOKHIBER ON BEHALF OF FORD MOTOR CO. v. COHN

No. 489, Docket 85-7537.

783 F.2d 26 (1986)

Russell J. MOKHIBER, on Behalf of the FORD MOTOR CO., Appellee, v. Roy M. COHN; Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, P.C.; Alan M. Pollack; Orenstein, Snitow, Sutak & Pollack, P.C.; and Ford Motor Co., Inc., Defendants. Appeal of Roy M. COHN; Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, P.C.; Alan M. Pollack; Orenstein, Snitow, Sutak & Pollack, P.C.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Biancone, New York City (Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, P.C., New York City), for appellants Cohn and Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, P.C.

Robert Kushner, New York City (Cole & Dietz, New York City; Arthur P. Hui, of counsel), for appellants Alan M. Pollack and Orenstein, Snitow, Sutak & Pollack, P.C.

Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D.C. (Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C.; John Cary Sims, Washington, D.C.; David Paget, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, MANSFIELD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents the question whether a derivative suit brought in New York against a foreign corporation and conditionally dismissed for forum non conveniens may be settled without the approval of the court in which the suit was brought. The settlement included payments of $200,000 in attorneys' fees, an additional $30,000 in disbursements to the plaintiffs' attorneys, and did not compromise the corporation's claim. The United States District Court...

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