BURR & FORMAN v. BLAIR

Nos. 04-15585, 05-14955.

470 F.3d 1019 (2006)

BURR & FORMAN, D. Frank Davis, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A. Dwight BLAIR, William J. Trussell, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Hamilton, Bruce F. Rogers, Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Joel E. Dillard, William J. Baxley, Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift, Brian M. Clark, Robert F. Childs, Jr., Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and COX, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from a dispute among several groups of attorneys over the entitlement to attorney's fees awarded in connection with the settlement of a mass tort litigation in the district court, Tolbert v. Monsanto Co.1 It appears that on September 21, 1994, A. Dwight Blair and William Trussell entered into a letter agreement with D. Frank Davis...

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