WILLIAMS v. ROHM AND HAAS PENSION PLAN

Nos. 10-1978, 10-2175, 10-3713.

658 F.3d 629 (2011)

Gary WILLIAMS and Nancy Meehan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ROHM AND HAAS PENSION PLAN, Defendant-Appellee. Appeals of Regina Adamski, et al., and Mark Jackson.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2011.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Freeman, Jr. , Attorney, Chicago, IL, Douglas R. Sprong , Attorney, Korein Tillery , St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs.

Mark Jackson , Philadelphia, PA, pro se.

Robert J. LaRocca , Attorney, Kohn, Swift & Graf, Alice W. Ballard , Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Bart Andrew Karwath , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Raymond A. Kresge , Attorney, Cozen O'Connor , Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee in Nos. 10-2175 and 10-1978.

Robert Dean MacGill , Counsel, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 10-3713.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

After eight years, the end is near for this dispute between the Rohm and Haas Company Retirement Plan (the "Plan") and all Plan participants and beneficiaries who took a lump sum distribution after January 1, 1976 (the "Class"). After this court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment on liability, the Class and the Plan negotiated a $180 million settlement, of which Class counsel asked for $43.5 million in attorney's fees. Numerous...

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