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ZUCKER v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC.

No. 02-3389.

374 F.3d 221 (2004)

Albert ZUCKER; Stanley Hershfang; Jacob Joseph Miller; Toby Feuer; Spring Creek Cardio-Medical Associates, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Gloria Bertinato, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Joseph H. Levit; George M.D. Richards; Michael Christner; Jim L. Thompson, Trustee for Thompson Chemical Profit Sharing Plan; Louise M. Jacob, for Herself, as Trustee for Arnold M. Jacob Ten Year Trust and as Trustee of P.J. VanArtsdalen Ten Trust of P.J. VanArtsdalen Ten Trust; Patricia J. VanArtsdalen, as Custodian for Jennifer VanArtsdalen Custodial Account; Arnold M. Jacob, and Patricia J. VanArtsdalen, as Trustees for the Jennifer VanArtsdalen Irrevocable Trust, David J. VanArtsdalen Irrevocable Trust, Adam T. Jacob Irrevocable Trust and Noah B. Jacob Irrevocable Trust; Michael E. Nogay; Margaret Alessi; Nathan Kleinhandler; Michael Slavin; Ronald Goldstein; Richard Schwarzschild; Thomas Mitchel; Joseph Raschak; Donald H. McLennan; Ruth Stepak; Gerry Krim v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC.; J.C. Marous; P.E. Lego; Westinghouse Fin. Ser.; Westinghouse Credit; William A. Powe; Theodore Stern; Warren H. Hollinshead; Robert E. Faust; Robert F. Pugliese; Shearson Lehman Bros.; Goldman Sachs & Co.; Lazard Freres & Co.; Lehman Bros Intl; Lazard Bros. Co. Ltd.; Price Waterhouse; Daniel Mogell, in his capacity as a shareholder, suing derivatively, and individually v. Barbara H. Franklin; Richard M. Morrow; Hays T. Watkins; Donald F. Hornig; John B. Carter; John C. Marous; Robert W. Campbell; Rene C. McPherson; Frank C. Carlucci; Richard R. Pivirotto; Paul E. Lego; William A. Powe; Gary M. Clark; William H. Gray, III; Paula Stern; David T. McLaughlin; Leo W. Yochum; Michael H. Jordan; Robert E. Cawthorn; George H. Conrades; David K.P. Li; Robert D. Walter; CBS Corp, f/k/a Westinghouse Elec. William C. Rand, Stockholder Objector, owner of 100 shares of CBS Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Rand, Sr. (Argued), William C. Rand, Coudert Brothers, New York, N.Y., for Appellant.

Richard D. Greenfield, Greenfield & Goodman, Royal Oak, MD, for Appellee.

Daniel Mogell, Leonard Fornella, Heintzman, Warren, Wise & Fornella, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Dennis J. Block, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, N.Y., Joseph A. Katarincic, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for All Other Appellees.

Howard J. Bashman (Argued), Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Fort Washington, D.C., for Amicus.

Before SLOVITER, McKEE, and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges.

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Under the common fund doctrine, the court may award a shareholder-objector attorney's fees for successfully pursuing a shareholder derivative suit that confers a benefit upon the corporation. The question that we confront in this case is whether a successful shareholder-objector who represented only himself as a pro se attorney in such a suit is entitled to attorney's fees.

I.

Because we have published a prior opinion...

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