MEMORANDUM in Support re MOTION for Settlement - Plaintiffs' Motion For Final Approval Of Class Action Settlement - LEAVE TO FILE GRANTED ON AUGUST 4, 2014 -
461 U.S. 424 (1983) Cited 21,677 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute
444 U.S. 472 (1980) Cited 1,036 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district court properly assessed attorney's fees based on the total fund available to the prevailing class rather than the amount actually recovered
396 U.S. 375 (1970) Cited 1,406 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that causation of damages by materially misleading proxy misstatement could be established by showing that proxy solicitation was an "essential link in the accomplishment of the transaction"
Holding that when a common fund case has been prosecuted on a contingent basis, plaintiffs' counsel must be compensated adequately for the risk of non-payment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,144 times 1237 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"