In re: DIET DRUGS (PHENTERMINE/FENFLURAMINE/DEXFENFLURAMINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.
Lois Gooch-Kiel and Linda L. Marull, Appellants.
Ronald R. Benjamin, Appellant.
Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., individually and on behalf of those clients subject to a 6% or 4% attorneys' fee assessment, Appellant.
Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos, Members of the Plaintiffs' Management Committee and Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Appellants.
Carol Bloom, Jerrie Rawls, Norma Jean Norse, and Tammy Staten, and their counsel, The Non-PMC Refund Counsel, Appellants.
Nisen & Elliott, Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C., Burke & Burke and The Law Offices of Patrick J. Sherlock, Appellants
Randy Hague, Saundra J. Schaad, Nicholas F. Arace, Lisa Lenee Bratton, and their attorney in this matter, Brian S. Riepen, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 27, 2004.
Filed March 10, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce A. Finzen, Gary L. Wilson, Stephanie J. Kravetz, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Appellants Lois Gooch-Kiel and Linda L. Marull.
George M. Fleming, Sylvia Davidow, Rand P. Nolen, Fleming & Associates, LLP, Houston, TX, Mike O'Brien, Mike O'Brien, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellant Fleming & Associates, LLP.
Ronald R. Benjamin, Law Office of Ronald R. Benjamin, Binghamton, NY, for Appellant Ronald R. Benjamin.
Jonathan Massey (argued), Bethesda, MD, for Appellants Lois Gooch-Kiel, Linda L. Marull, Fleming & Associates, LLP and Ronald Benjamin.
Janet G. Abaray (argued), Beverly H. Pace, Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellants Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos, and Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson.
Douglas G. Thompson, Jr. (argued), L. Kendall Satterfield, Tracy D. Rezvani, Finkelstein, Thompson & Loughran, Washington, D.C., for Appellants Carol Bloom, Jerrie Rawls, Norma Jean Norse, and Tammy Staten, and their counsel, the Non-PMC Refund Counsel.
Michael H. Moirano (argued), Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, Illinois, William J. Winning, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Nisen & Elliott, Edward T. Joyce & Associates, P.C., Burke & Burke and the Law Offices of Patrick J. Sherlock.
Howard J. Bashman (argued), Fort Washington, PA, for Appellants Randy Hague, Saundra J. Schaad, Nicholas F. Arace, Lisa Lenee Bratton, and their attorney in this matter, Brian S. Riepen.
Arnold Levin (argued), Michael D. Fishbein (argued), Fred S. Longer, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Charles R. Parker, John Roberson (argued), Hill & Parker, Houston, TX, John J. Cummings, III, Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, LA, for Appellees Plaintiffs' Management Committee, Class Counsel, Plaintiffs' Counsel and Common Benefit Attorneys.
Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, for Appellee American Home Products Corporation (Wyeth Corporation).
Before NYGAARD, AMBRO and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
These seven appeals have been filed by counsel to various claimants in the Diet Drugs Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation ("MDL 1203"), charging essentially that the District Court abused its discretion in awarding and allocating an interim award of attorneys' fees. In the alternative, several of the complaining attorneys petition this Court to issue a writ of mandamus reversing the award. Because we conclude that the orders from which...
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