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GOTTLIEB v. BARRY

Nos. 93-1316, 93-1317, 93-1334, 93-1338, 93-1339, 93-1367, 93-1389, 93-1336 and 93-1337.

43 F.3d 474 (1994)

Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. Arthur BARRY; Clifford Seiber; Morris Isaac; Robert Cahn; Leslie Jacobs; Jack Colman; James Back; Vincent Bury; Betty Goldberger; Wolf, Popper, Schiffrin & Craig; Stull, Stull & Brody; Wechsler, Skirnick, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer; Kaufman, Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby; Gilman & Pastor; Stutz, Dyer & Miller, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. Michael VAN; Arthur Stein; Leslie M. Jacobs; Philip R. Burnham; Jack Colman; Robert Cahn; Morris Isaac; Richard B. Dannenberg; Neil L. Selinger; Wolf & Slatkin, P.C.; Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. Martin MARKMAN; Kevin Prongay; John Bach; Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach; Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. POMERANTZ, LEVY, HAUDEK, BLOCK & GROSSMAN, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. John MULLALY and Gold & Bennett, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. OPPERMAN, HEINS & PAQUIN, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. Arthur BARRY; Clifford Seiber, Morris Isaac; Robert Cahn; Leslie Jacobs; Jack Colman; James Back; Vincent Bury; Betty Goldberger, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones; Law Offices of Joseph H. Weiss; Abbey & Ellis; Schiffrin & Craig; Stull, Stull & Brody; Wechsler, Skirnick, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer; Kaufman, Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby; Gilman & Pastor; Stutz, Dyer & Miller, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Timothy L. WELCH and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants. Feivel GOTTLIEB; Thomas R. Bloom; Leroy B. Mott; Marialice Mott; Kim Coles; Rosemary T. Martin; Kirk Martin; Mark G. Cucarola, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Timothy L. Welch and Dorothy A. Welch, Movants-Appellees, v. COOPER & KIRKHAM, P.C.; Silverman, Harnes, Obstfeld & Harnes, Movants-Appellants, Q.T. Wiles; Gerald Goodman; William R. Hambrecht; Gary E. Koenig; Russell E. Planitzer; Paul N. Risinger; Patrick J. Schleibaum; Jesse C. Parker; William P. Lorea; Owen Taranta; Kenneth A. Huff; Warren Perry; Hambrecht & Quist Group; Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners; Coopers & Lybrand; J.H. Whitney & Co.; J.H. Whitney Associates; Coopers & Lybrand (Singapore); Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong); Phoenix Venture (BVI) Limited; H & Q Ventures International C.V.; H & Q Ventures IV; William R. Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Sarah Hambrecht, as Trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust; Q.T. Wiles Investment Joint Venture I; J.F. Shea Co., Inc.; William R. Timken; Arthur Rock; H & Q Alliance Fund; Hamquist; Banner Partners; Bryco Investments; Peter O. Crisp; H & Q Investors; Crisp Computer Corporation; Edgar L. Lowe; Richard M. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; Paloa S. Kulp, as Trustee of the Kulp 1983 Revocable Trust; John R. Johnston; Ta-Lin HSU; MiniScribe Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Hill (Karen A. Tomb, John H. Evans, and Jeffrey M. Hall with him on the brief), Hill & Robbins, P.C., Denver, CO, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Josef D. Cooper, Cooper & Kirkham, P.C., San Francisco, CA (Tracy R. Kirkham, Cooper & Kirkham, P.C., San Francisco, CA, and Sidney B. Silverman and Harold B. Obstfeld, Silverman, Harnes, Obstfeld & Harnes, New York City, with him on the briefs), for movants-appellants, on their own behalf.

Melvyn I. Weiss, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City (William S. Lerach, Charles S. Crandall and Pamela M. Parker, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Herbert E. Milstein, Steven J. Toll, Andrew N. Friedman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, Robert J. Dyer III, Stutz, Dyer & Miller, Denver, CO, Lubna M. Faruqi, Roger W. Kirby, Kaufman, Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby, John Halebian, Wechsler, Skirnick, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer, Jules Brody, Mark Levine, Stull, Stull & Brody, Joseph H. Weiss, New York City, Kenneth G. Gilman, David Pastor, Gilman & Pastor, Boston, MA, Robert S. Schiffrin, Schiffrin & Craig, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Stephen D. Oestreich, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, Lee Squitieri, Abbey & Ellis, New York City, Lisa G. Peelish, Wolf & Slatkin, P.C., Denver, CO, David A.P. Brower, Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, Stanley M. Grossman, Stacey Dana, Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek, Block & Grossman, New York City, Paul F. Bennett, Gold & Bennett, P.C., San Francisco, CA, Samuel D. Heins, Karen M. Hanson, Heins, Schatz & Paquin, Minneapolis, MN, with him on the briefs), for movants-appellants, on their own behalf.

Joseph P. McCafferty (Hartley B. Martyn, Robert J. Van Der Velde and Laura DiVincenzo, on the briefs), Martyn & Van Der Velde, Cleveland, OH, for movants-appellees/movants-appellants Timothy and Dorothy Welch.

Before ANDERSON, FAIRCHILD, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In these eight consolidated appeals, we address the propriety of the district court's award of attorneys' fees to some of the many lawyers who participated in the multitude of securities actions, and subsequent class action settlement, which followed the collapse of the MiniScribe Corporation, a publicly traded company which manufactured computer disk drives. At issue is what portion these...

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