In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.
(Appeal of ATTORNEYS' FEE AWARDS).
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 10, 1986.
Decided April 21, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul M. Bernstein, New York City (Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, New York City, Edward A. Grossmann and Penny P. Domow, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Agent Orange Plaintiffs' Management Committee.
Edward F. Hayes, III, Huntington, N.Y. for appellants McMillan, Bigg, Lonnie, Davison and MacLaren.
Benton Musslewhite, Houston, Tex., pro se.
Robert A. Taylor, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Ashcraft & Gerel, Wayne M. Mansulla, Washington, D.C., of counsel) for appellant Ashcraft & Gerel.
Leon Friedman, Hempstead, N.Y., for appellants Dean, Falanga & Rose.
Henderson & Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thomas W. Henderson and Antonio D. Pyle, Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel, for appellant Henderson & Goldberg, P.C.
Greitzer and Locks, Philadelphia, Pa., Neil R. Peterson, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel, for appellants Greitzer and Locks, Schlegel & Trafelet, Henderson & Goldberg, O'Quinn, Hagan & Whitman, Newton B. Schwartz, P.C., Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley and Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Milligan.
Edward J. Nowakoski, West Caldwell, N.J., of counsel, for appellant Kraft & Hughes.
Sullivan & Associates, Daniel C. Sullivan and Gregory A. Stayart, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellant Sullivan & Associates, Ltd.
Stephen J. Schlegel, Chicago, Ill., pro se.
Richard D. Heideman, A. Thomas Johnson, Heideman Law Offices, Louisville, Ky., of counsel, for appellant Estate of Lowell M. Coffey.
Townley & Updike, New York City, Richard J. Barnes and John E. Sabetta, New York City, of counsel, for appellee Monsanto Co.
Kelley Drye & Warren, New York City, William M. Crowley and Patricia C. Tui, New York City, of counsel, for appellee Hercules Inc.
Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER and MINER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Our discussion of the background and procedural history of this litigation appears in Judge Winter's lead opinion, 818 F.2d 145. The nine members of the Plaintiffs' Management Committee ("PMC") and various outside counsel appeal, on a number of grounds, the district court's decision setting attorneys' fees. On June 18, 1985, the district court issued an amended order, awarding over seven million dollars in fees...
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