Dawn A. Wheelahan (argued), Attorney, Dawn A. Wheelahan, New Orleans, LA, pro se.
Brian P. Brooks , Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Amy Lee Stewart , Attorney, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, AK, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
It is a curiosity of class action litigation that often there is greater ferocity in combat among the class lawyers over the allocation of attorneys' fees than there is between the class lawyers and the defendants. The contest among the lawyers is a zero-sum game. But the contest between them and the defendants is a positive-sum game because the class lawyers are naturally very interested in the fee...
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