IN RE CENDANT CORP. LITIGATION

Civ. No. 98-1664(WHW).

243 F.Supp.2d 166 (2003)

In re CENDANT CORPORATION LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Tarleton, Summit, NJ, for special master.

Allyn Zissel Lite, Lite, Depalma, Greenberg and Rivas, LCC, Newark, NJ, A. Richard Ross, Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein, Roseland, NJ, John J. Barry, Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP, Newark, NJ, Howard B. Sirota, Sirota & Sirota, New York City, Michael S. Etkin, Esq., Ravin, Sarasohn, Cook, Baumgarten, Fisch & Rosen, P.C., Roseland, NJ, Seth R. Lesser, Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman, LLP, New York City, Kalikman and Masnik, Haddonfield, NJ, Steven Pasternak, Feldman & Plutnick, Somerville, NJ, James V. Bashian, Fairfield, NJ, Peter S. Pearlman, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, LLP, Saddle Brook, NJ, Joseph P. Lasala, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, Charles N. Riley, Riley & Sandilos, Cherry Hill, NJ, Donna Siegel Moffa, Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Samuel Robbins Simon, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Esqs., Haddonfield, NJ, Michael F. Brandman, Weiler & Brandman, Cranford, NJ, David M. Taus, Hackensack, NJ, Andrew Robert Jacobs, Epstein, Fitzsimmons, Brown, Ringle, Gioia & Jacobs, PC, Chatham Township, NJ, William J. Pinilis, Morristown, NJ, Robert A. Hoffman, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Esqs., Haddonfield, NJ, Leonard Koerner, Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel for City of New York, New York City, Lisa J. Rodriguez, Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Roger Kirby, Kirby, Mclnerney & Squire, LLP, New York City, Nicholas E. Chimicles, Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Haverford, PA, Jonathan 0. Bauer, Anderson, Kill, & Olick, P.C.Y, LLP, Newark, NJ, Andrew M. Schatz, Schatz & Nobel, Hartford, CT, Bryan L. Clobes, Miller, Faucher & Cafferty, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Charles Harry Landesman, Law, Froelich & Landesman, I. Walton Bader, Bader and Bader, White Plains, NY, Andrew J. Entwistle, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Florham Park, NJ, Joseph J. Depalma, Lite, Depalma, Greenberg and Rivas, LCC, Newark, NJ, Steven Pontell, Verde, Steinberg & Pontell, Fort Lee, NJ, Joel M. Leifer, Joel M. Leifer & Associates, New York City, Seth T. Taube, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, Gerald W. Palmer, Ricky L. Shackelford, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, CA, Eugene John Sullivan, Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, Newark, NJ, Joel M. Kozberg, Henry D. Gradstein, Eileen Miriam Cohn, Gradstein, Luskin, & Van Dalsem, Los Angeles, CA, D. Gregory Durbin, McCormick Barstow Sheppard, Wayte and Carruth, Fresno, CA, Margaret E. Haering, Hurwitz & Sagarin, LLC, Milford, CT, Michael J. Pucillo, Burt & Pucillo, Esqs., West Palm Beach, FL, George C. Freeman, III, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Laurence Greenwald, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York City, Michael J. Coslit, Fitzsimmons & Ringle, P.C., Newark, NJ, Brian L. Wamsley, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York City, Michael H. Schaalman, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff/consolidated plaintiff.

Samuel Kadet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Newark, NJ, Carl Greenberg, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, Robert Thomas Wright, Jr., Verner, Liipfert, Berhard, McPherson & Hand, Miama, FL, Harold A. Laufer, Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, Harry Simms Hardin, III, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Steven S. Radin, Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman Epstein & Gross, Leda Dunn Wettre, Robinson, Lapidus & Livelli, Donald A. Robinson, Robinson & Livelli, Esqs., William F. Maderer, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Esqs., Newark, NJ, Richard Schaeffer, Bruce Handler, Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam, & Schaeffer, New York City, Richard Schaeffer, Bruce Handler, Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam & Schaeffer, New York City, Herbert Jay Stern, Stern & Greenberg, Esqs., Roseland, NJ, Kathleen Holly Dooley, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, NJ, Thomas G. Griggs, Edwards & Caldwell, Hawthorne, NJ, Douglas Scott Eakeley, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, NJ, Natalie M. Hiott, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, New York, NY, Caryn L. Jacobs, Mayer, Brown & Piatt, Chicago, IL, Joanna A. Diakos, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Saddle River, NJ, James E. Lyons, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, San Francisco, CA, for defendant/consolidated defendant.

Robert Joseph Fettweis, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, LLP, Newark, NJ, for third-party defendant.

Allyn Zissel Lite, Lite, Depalma, Greenberg and Rivas, LCC, Newark, NJ, Jill S. Abrams, Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri, LLP, New York City, Stephen D. Oestreich, Wolf & Popper, LLP, New York City, Adam N. Saravay, Mc Carter & English, Marvin M. Goldstein, Corporation Employee Savings, Proskauer Rose LLP, Newark, NJ, Richard Galex, Galex, Tortoreti and Tomes, P.C., East Brunswick, NJ, C. Benjamin Nutley, Kendrick & Nutley, Beverly Hills, CA, David Kersh, Southfield, MI, Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, Tricia Bevelock-O'Reilly, Connell Foley, LLP, Roseland, NJ, Victor M. Earle, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, New York City, Gary S. Graifman, Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, Esqs., Montvale, NJ, Allen J. Barkin, Schwartz, Barkin & Mitchell, Union, NJ, Paul Weissman, Paul J. Fishman, Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, LLP, Newark, NJ, David M. Taus, Hackensack, NJ, for movant.

Samuel Kadet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Newark, NJ, Carl Greenberg, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, for cross-claimant/counter-defendant.

Douglas Scott Eakeley, Lowenstein, Sandler, PC, Roseland, NJ, Natalie M. Hiott, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, New York City, Caryn L. Jacobs, Mayer, Brown & Piatt, Chicago, IL, for counter-claimant/third-party plaintiff.

Michael M. Rosenbaum, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, Edward J. Dauber, Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker, PC, Newark, NJ, Steven D. Grossman, Walder, Sondak & Brogan, Esqs., Walder, Hayden & Brogan, Roseland, NJ, Eric Tunis, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Newark, NJ, for third-party defendant.

Eric Tunis, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Newark, NJ, for cross-claimant.

Edward J. Dauber, Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker, PC, Newark, NJ, counter-claimant/ cross-claimant.

Samuel Kadet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Newark, NJ, Carl Greenberg, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, Robert Thomas Wright, Jr., Verner, Liipfert, Bernard, McPherson & Hand, Miama, FL, Harold A. Laufer, Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, Harry Simms Hardin, III, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for third-party plaintiff/cross-defendant/crossclaimant.


OPINION

WALLS, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on petition of Lead Counsel for an award of attorney's fees. The Court heard oral argument on the petition on December 30, 2002, and for the following reasons approves an award of attorneys fees of $55 million plus interest.

Factual and Procedural Background

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