POWERS v. EICHEN

No. 98-56997.

229 F.3d 1249 (2000)

Robert POWERS; Peter J. Franklin; Sea Breeze Printing, Inc.; Garvin D. Stanislawski; Starlog Group, Inc. and Starlog Group, Inc. Defined Pension Plan, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated; Howard Sobel; Richard Strausz; Richard W. Halsey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Wilfred George, Class Member/Objector-Appellant, v. Paul EICHEN; Robert Johnson; Kenneth E. Olson; Frederick Parker; Michael Tamkin; Michael Vogt; Dennis A. Whittler; Mary Zoeller; Arthur Minich; John M. Seiber; John Thomas; Jeffrey Nash; Proxima Corporation; John E. Rehfeld; Charles S. Chestnutt, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 20, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Law Offices of Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, California, for the plaintiffs.

Keith F. Park, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego, California, for the defendants.

Robert W. Brownlie, Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, LLP, San Diego, CA, for amicus curiae Proxima Corporation.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, THOMAS G. NELSON, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted June 8, 2000 — Pasadena, California

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Wilfred George, an unnamed class member who failed to intervene in the proceedings below, appeals the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees to class counsel in the amount of thirty percent of the settlement. We hold that because George filed an objection to the fee request in the district court, he has standing to pursue this appeal. We also determine that, although...

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