IN RE AMES DEPT. STORES, INC. DEBENTURE LITIGATION

Nos. 92 Civ. 9239 (MP), 93 Civ. 4199 (MP), 93 Civ. 4105 (MP).

835 F.Supp. 147 (1993)

In re Michael Milken and Associates Securities Litigation. MDL No. 924. In re AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. DEBENTURE LITIGATION. In re AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. NOTE LITIGATION. In re AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. STOCK LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: All Actions.

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

October 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn I. Weiss, Robert P. Sugarman, George A. Bauer, III, Milberg Weiss Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City, Robert M. Kaplan, Richard Kilsheimer, Frederic S. Fox, Kaplan & Kilsheimer, New York City, settling plaintiffs' co-lead counsel.

Edward Labaton, Lawrence A. Sucharow, Goodkind Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, New York City, Robert S. Schachter, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, New York City, colead counsel of the plaintiffs in the Stock Litigation.

Arthur N. Abbey, Stephen T. Rodd, Abbey & Ellis, New York City, co-lead counsel of the plaintiffs in the Note Litigation.

J. Daniel Sagarin, Elias A. Alexiadaes, Hurwitz & Sagarin, Milford, CT, for plaintiffs in the Note Litigation.

Michael J. Freed, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Eiger, P.C., Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs Avers Wexler, Trustee of Avers Wexler Trust in the Debenture Litigation.

Glen DeValerio, Berman DeValerio & Pease, Boston, MA, for plaintiff Michael Moss in the Debenture Litigation.

Jeffrey A. Klafter, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, New York City, for plaintiff Jay D. Hirsch in the Debenture Litigation.

Richard B. Danenberg, Lowey Danenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., New York City, for plaintiffs Hardy Phippen and Edward S. Greenwald, M.D., in the Debenture Litigation.

Marvin A. Miller, Miller, Faucher, Chertow, Cafferty & Wexler, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff Avers Wexler, Trustee of Avers Wexler Trust in the Debenture Litigation.

Todd S. Collins, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff Sheldon Shore in the Stock Litigation.

Bruce Gerstein, Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, New York City, for plaintiff David Minkoff in the Stock Litigation.

C. Oliver Burt, III, Chimicles, Burt, Jacobsen & McNew (formerly Greenfield & Chimicles), Haverford, PA, for plaintiff Rodney B. Shields in the Stock Litigation.

Harvey S. Kronfeld, Harvey S. Kronfeld, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff Samuel H. Title in the Stock Litigation.

Stanley M. Grossman, Pomerantz Levy Haudek Block & Grossman, New York City, for plaintiff Violet Klein in the Stock Litigation.

I. Stephen Rabin, Rabin & Garland, New York City, for plaintiffs Dominick T. and Anne M. Brancato in the Stock Litigation.

Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff Goldie Jaroslawicz in the Stock Litigation.

Stuart H. Savett, Savett Frutkin Podell & Ryan, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff Goldie Jaroslawicz in the Stock Litigation.

Joel C. Feffer, Wechsler Skirnick Harwood Halebian & Feffer, New York City, for plaintiffs Nathan and Florence Spiro in the Stock Litigation.

David A.P. Brower, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, New York City, for plaintiff Charles Collier in the Stock Litigation.

Stephen D. Oestreich, Wolf Popper Ross Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiff David Kahn in the Stock Litigation.

Michael P. Koskoff, Richard A. Fuchs, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, Bridgeport, CT, for plaintiffs in the Stock and Debenture Actions.

Lewis A. Kaplan, David Jaroslaw, Bruce A. Birenboim, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Wertheim, Salomon Bros. Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., Advest, Inc. and Seidler Amdec Securities Inc.

Andrew M. Schatz, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin, Hartford, CT, for defendants Peter B. Hollis, Duane R. Wolter and Phillip M. Chrusz.

Jeffrey M. Rudman, William H. Paine, Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA, for defendants James A. Harmon, Michael D. Leavitt, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Norman Ricken, Norman B. Asher, Melvin M. Rosenblatt and Earl M. Spector.

Alan R. Glickman, Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York City, for defendants Coopers & Lybrand.

Douglas H. Meal, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for defendants Arthur F. Loewy, Maurice Segall and the TJX Companies, Inc.


AMENDED DECISION*

MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.

Award of Fees

On July 19, 1993, this Court approved the settlement of the above entitled actions, including the Plan of Allocation set forth in paragraphs 4 to 11 of the Class Notice. The judgment entered on that date dismissed all of the Class Actions on the merits, with prejudice and without costs. The Court retained jurisdiction over the...

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