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IN RE BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 86-1916.

832 F.2d 430 (1987)

In re BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LITIGATION. Appeal of DAVIS, BARNHILL & GALLAND, P.C., Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., and William E. McBride, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Christopher T. Lutz, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal and another related appeal we decide today1 arise from a massive Title VII race discrimination class action filed against the Burlington Northern railroad in the late 1970s. The case finally seems to be winding to a close with these appeals seeking a second round of attorneys' fees and costs.2 This appeal principally raises the question of whether the lodestar...

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