Amanda MASTERS, on her own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Justin Klentner, on own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Lorelei Shellist, on own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Barbara Cheeseborough, on own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated persons, Carla Gross, on own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, doing business as Sebastian Cardon, Simon Beardmore, Szuzanna Boros, Thomas Bradley, Jennifer Curran, Valarie Gardanao, Bill Goins, Eleanora Miller, also known as Elle Miller, Virginia Nelson, Alicia Pine, Anne Rogan, Angela Shelton, Shoemaker Laura, Todd Snyder, Hillary Sway and Monica Walker, Plaintiffs,
Carolyn Fears, Donna Gibbs, Sharon Simon, Carol McIlvaine, also known as Carol Alston and Tiffany Connor, on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Appellant,
Amy Haberman, Thomas Preston and Edmund Flory, Consolidated Plaintiffs,
v.
WILHELMINA MODEL AGENCY, INC., also known as Wilhelmina Artist Management LLC, Ford Models, Inc., formerly known as Ford Model Agency, Elite Model Management, Inc., Click Model Management, Inc., Next Management Company, Boss Models, Inc., Gerard W. Ford, DNA Model Management, LLC, IMG Models, Inc., Zoli Management, Inc. and Images Management, Inc., Defendants-Appellees,
The MFME Management, Ltd., Q Model Management, LLC and Model Management Corporation, formerly known as International Model Managers Association, Inc., Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: May 19, 2006.
Decided: January 4, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul R. Verkuil (Christina M. Lewicky, on the brief), Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellants and appellant.
David Elbaum (Kenneth R. Logan, on the brief), Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for defendants-appellees Ford Models, Inc. and Gerard W. Ford.
Philip Bentley (Jack Hazan, on the brief), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee EMMC, Inc., f/k/a Elite Model Management Corporation.
Jerome Gotkin, Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C., New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Next Management, LLC, f/k/a Next Management Company.
Aaron Richard Golub, Law Office of Aaron Richard Golub, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Click Model Management, Inc.
Andrew W. Hayes, Andrew W. Hayes P.C., New York, NY, Anthony J. Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates LLC, Merill G. Davidoff, Berger & Montague P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Olav A. Haazen, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, NY, for plaintiffs-appellants.
David Bosman, Boss Models, Judah S. Shapiro, Law Offices of Judah S. Shapiro, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Boss Models, Inc.
Richard S. Oelsner, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, NY, for defendant-appellee IMG Models, Inc.
Sandor Frankel, (M. Breeze McMennamin, on the brief), Frankel & Abrams, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Wilhelmina Model Agency, Inc., a/k/a Wilhelmina Artist Management LLC.
Thomas M. Lopez, Katsky LLP, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee DNA Model Management LLC.
David Blasband, McLaughlin & Stern LLP, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Zoli Management, Inc.
Before MINER, POOLER, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
MINER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants, members of a class of present and former professional models, and their counsel appeal from two orders entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Baer, J.) approving settlements and awarding attorneys' fees in a class action brought against defendant modeling agencies for conspiracy to fix commissions charged to members of plaintiff class, in violation of the Sherman Act. Also before...
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