IN RE THIRTEEN APPEALS ARISING OUT OF SAN JUAN DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL

Nos. 94-1156, 94-1409, 94-1414, 94-1422, 94-1423, 94-1426, 94-1427, 94-1438, 94-1439, 94-1440.

56 F.3d 295 (1995)

In re THIRTEEN APPEALS ARISING OUT OF the SAN JUAN DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1995.

As Amended June 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Resnik, with whom Dennis E. Curtis, Richard A. Bieder, and Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., were on brief, Bridgeport, CT, for appellants Bieder, et al.

Jose E. Fernandez-Sein on brief, Santurce, PR, for appellant Nachman.

Steven C. Lausell, with whom Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell was on brief, San Juan, PR, for appellee Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell.

Will Kemp, with whom Stanley Chesley, Wendell Gauthier, John Cummings, David Indiano and Harrison, Kemp & Jones, Chtd., were on brief, Las Vegas, NV, for remaining appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals require us to revisit the war zone where two groups of plaintiffs' lawyers have struggled over the proposed allocation of roughly $68,000,000 in attorneys' fees. One camp, dissatisfied with the district court's latest formula for distributing the fees, attacks the court's order on three fronts. The disgruntled lawyers contend that the district court (1) violated their due process rights, (2) used an improper method to determine...

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