IN RE SAN JUAN DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION

Nos. 95-2285, 96-1142.

111 F.3d 220 (1997)

In re SAN JUAN DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION. Pasquale MASSARO, et al., Appellants, v. Stanley CHESLEY, et al., Appellees. In re SAN JUAN DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION. Richard BIEDER, et al., Appellants, v. Stanley CHESLEY, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Resnik, New York City, with whom Dennis E. Curtis, Richard A. Bieder, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder and José E. Fernandez-Sein, were on brief, for appellants.

Will Kemp, Las Vegas, NV, with whom Harrison, Kemp & Jones, Chtd., was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, CYR and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs and their counsel appeal from a district court order awarding the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("the PSC") approximately $10,670,000 for costs incurred in representing plaintiffs in this mass-tort litigation. We affirm the district court order in substantial part and direct appellees to remit $1,023,903 ($913,503 in PSC "expert" fees, and $110,400 in photocopying charges).

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