Robert S. WOLFF, Edward Turner, Edward E. Waller, Grey Wolf Holdings, John G. Coughlin, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
CASH 4 TITLES, d.b.a. Charles Richard Homa, et al., Defendants,
Phillip S. Stenger, G. James Cleaver, Cayman Islands Liquidations Creditors' Committee, Appellants.
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Filed December 5, 2003.
Filed December 5, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mitchell E. Herr, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, John H. Pelzer, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Kenneth B. Winer, Foley & Lardner, Stephen J. Crimmins, Pepper & Hamilton, LLP, Washington, DC, Jeff A. Moyer, Stenger & Stenger, P.C., Grand Rapids, MI, for Appellants.
Rhett Traband, Thomas Tew, Lawrence Allan Kellogg, Tew, Cardenas, Rebak, Kellogg, Lehman, Demaria & Tague LLP, Barton S. Sacher, Stanley A. Beiley, Sacher, Zelman, Vansant, Paul, Beiley, Hartman & Waldman, David Scott Mandel, Mandel & McAuley, LLP, Nancy J. Van Sant, Hornsby, Sacher, Zelman & Stanton PA, Mitchell E. Herr, Miami, FL, Nicolas Marsh, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, W. Gordon Dobie, Bruce R. Braun, John E. Mooney, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Luis de la Torre, Karen J. Shimp, Eric Summergrad, S.E.C., Washington, DC, for S.E.C., Amicus Curiae.
Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
I.
This appeal involves the fairness of the attorneys' fees the district court awarded the plaintiffs' attorneys in a class action brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1964,1 by the victims of a Ponzi scheme.2 The Ponzi scheme involved the sale of securities of corporations formed for the purpose of making high-interest...
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