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BATCHELDER v. KERR-MCGEE CORP.

No. 1:01CV77-D-A.

246 F.Supp.2d 525 (2003)

Melanie BATCHELDER, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Plaintiffs v. KERR-McGEE CORP.; et al. Defendants In re Clarence Donald ARWOOD, Sr. Debtor

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Eastern Division.

February 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Bennett, Joseph E. Lotterhos, Bennett, Lotterhos, Sulser & Wilson, Jackson, Hunter William Lundy, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, Michael G. Nast, Dianne M. Nast, Roda & Nast, PC, Lancaster, PA, for Robert Conner, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Floyd T. Sizemore, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, plaintiffs.

J. Gordon Flowers, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Columbus, Lana K. Alcorn, William Lawrence Deas, Lightfoot Franklin & White, Birmingham, AL, Peter J. Nickles, Thomas L. Cubbage, III, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, defendant.

Dennis Harmon, Dennis Harmon, Attorney, Columbus, for Howell Austin, James William Trimm, movants.

Ann Mostoller, Esq., Oak Ridge, TN, Chapter 7 Trustee.

F. Chris Cawood, Esq., Kingston, TN, for Debtor.

OPINION APPROVING CLASS SETTLEMENT

DAVIDSON, Chief Judge.

Presently before the court is the parties' joint consent motion seeking final approval of class settlement pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and class counsel's separate motion seeking an award of attorneys' fees and costs. Upon due consideration, the court finds that both of the motions should be granted.

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