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REIN v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

Docket No. 06-4565-cv.

568 F.3d 345 (2009)

Denise H. REIN, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Mark Allen Rein, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, Libyan External Security Organization, also known as JSO, also known as Jamahiriya Security Organization, Libyan Arab Airlines, Lamen Khalifa Fhima, also known as Mr. Lamin, also known as A Al Amin Khalifa Fhima, Abdel Bassett Ali Al-Megrahi, also known as Mr. Basset, also known as Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed, also known as Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, Defendants. Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, Claimants-Appellants, v. Plaintiffs' Committee, Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Martin, Jr., Martin & Obermaier, LLC, New York, NY, for Claimants-Appellants.

Steven R. Pounian, Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP, New York, NY, for Claimants-Appellees.

Before: LEVAL, CALABRESI, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP ("Emery"), which represented six prevailing plaintiffs in a consolidated lawsuit against Libya arising out of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, appeals from a sealed order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.) ordering it to pay out of the contingency fees it negotiated with its clients a portion consisting of 3% of its clients...

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