1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 668 F.Supp.
  5. 668 F.Supp. 1021 (1987)
 

HOWES v. ATKINS

Civ. A. No. 83-279.

668 F.Supp. 1021 (1987)

C.W. HOWES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Orin E. ATKINS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Covington Division.

September 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Parry, Covington, Ky., Marcus Carey, Ft. Mitchell, Ky., Timothy Bouscaren, William E. Santen, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

John McCall, Louisville, Ky., for Bill McKay, Jr.

Merrill G. Davidoff, Philadelphia, Pa., Erwin A. Sherman, Louisville, Ky., for objectors.

William E. Johnson, Frankfort, Ky., for defendant, Ashland Oil, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the applications of numerous plaintiffs' and objectors' attorneys for an award of attorney's fees under the equitable common fund-common benefit doctrine, following settlement of this shareholders' derivative action. See generally, H. Newberg, Attorney Fee Awards, § 2.01 (1986). Understandably, the movants suggest a "lodestar" approach to the fee award issue...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases