CASTRO v. PAINEWEBBER, INC.

Nos. 94-CV-65, 94-CV-256.

866 F.Supp. 315 (1994)

Robert CASTRO, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAINEWEBBER, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

October 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Havard, Richard Lyle Coffman, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, Michael S. Burg, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs Robert Castro, Jr., Raye Castro, Carl Hanks, Daniel Doiron, Lynda Doiron, Robert Falgout, Harlan Harrison, Peggy Harrison, Edward Kennedy, Carol Kennedy, John McClelland, Lynda McClelland, William Moorhead, Brenda Moorhead, W.T. Stanford, Tommie Mae Stanford, Roy A. White, Carolyn White, James Wise, Sr., Betty Jane Wise, John T. Campbell, Samuel Nuchia, George Ann Nuchia, Charles W. Tupper, Betty R. Tupper, Cecil Broussard, Winnie Broussard.

Richard Lyle Coffman, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, for consolidated plaintiffs Edna C. Mattox, Larry Gene Cochran, Eris Elizabeth Cochran, Thomas J. Barland, Geraldine Y. Barland, Frank A. Johnston, Linda K. Johnston.

J. Hoke Peacock, II, Orgain Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, TX, Mitchell A. Karlan, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York City, for defendants PaineWebber Inc., PaineWebber Group Inc., Regional S&L Investors Inc.

J. Hoke Peacock, II, Orgain Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, TX, for consolidated defendants William Buchalter, Scott Winter.

Robert L. O'Donnell, Vandeventer Black Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for defendants Essex Financial Group Inc., Lawrence N. Smith.

John G. Bissell, Strong Pipkin Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, TX, James J. Wheaton, Willcox & Savage PC, Norfolk, VA, for defendant Essex Financial Partners, LP.

Robert G. Cohen, Ernst & Young, New York City, Ralph I. Miller, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Dallas, TX, for defendant Ernst & Young.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHELL, Chief Judge.

This opinion and order addresses an on-the-record objection to a proposal that certain class members receive additional cash compensation. The objection might not be unusual were it to have come from defense counsel; here, however, it is urged by the firm of Provost * Umphrey, Plaintiffs' counsel in this matter. For the reasons which follow, it is OVERRULED.

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