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Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

Response Defendants' Response To Class Counsel's Fee Application For Preliminary And Final Determination Of Costs, Fees, Expenses, And An Incentive Payment For Class Representative, Herbert Adderley

10 Cited authorities

  1. Burlington v. Dague

    505 U.S. 557 (1992)   Cited 2,099 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the contingency aspect of a case cannot be considered when determining a statutory fee award

  2. Paul, Johnson, Alston Hunt v. Graulty

    886 F.2d 268 (9th Cir. 1989)   Cited 301 times
    Holding that attorney's fee award in a common fund case must be "`reasonable' under the circumstances"

  3. Swedish Hosp. Corp. v. Shalala

    1 F.3d 1261 (D.C. Cir. 1993)   Cited 160 times
    Holding that it is within the discretion of a court awarding fees from a common fund to base its award "only on that part of the fund for which counsel was responsible."

  4. Cohen v. Warner Chilcott Public Limited Company

    522 F. Supp. 2d 105 (D.D.C. 2007)   Cited 39 times
    Finding the small number of objections indicative of fairness and reasonableness

  5. District of Columbia v. Patterson

    667 A.2d 1338 (D.C. 1995)   Cited 27 times
    Reversing an attorneys' fees award in a case involving a contingency-fee arrangement, but nowhere indicating that a fees award is inappropriate in a contingency-fee case

  6. In re Baan Co. Securities Litigation

    288 F. Supp. 2d 14 (D.D.C. 2003)   Cited 15 times
    Finding median settlement in similar securities class actions is 3.6 percent of estimated damages

  7. Fresh Kist Produce, L.L.C. v. Choi Corp.

    362 F. Supp. 2d 118 (D.D.C. 2005)   Cited 7 times
    Awarding 20%

  8. Equal Rights Center v. Wash. Met. Area Transit Auth

    573 F. Supp. 2d 205 (D.D.C. 2008)   Cited 4 times

    Civil Action 04-00498 (HHK). September 2, 2008. Thomas W. Brunner, Andrew Stephen Krulwich, Brendan J. Morrissey, Brian H. Pandya, Christina L. Eberhart, Hugh Latimer, Keith Stuart Watson, Laura Henderson Scanlon, Lina Soni, Marjorie B. Manne, Matthew J. Astle, Matthew Evan Corcoran, Todd Andrew Bromberg, Wiley Rein Fielding LLP, Elizabeth Elaine Gardner, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Urban, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs. David J. Shaffer, Bruce P. Heppen, Washington Metropolitan

  9. Democratic Cent. Comm. v. Wash. Metro. Transit

    3 F.3d 1568 (D.C. Cir. 1993)   Cited 14 times
    Finding that 23.3% fee “falls well within the range usually awarded in common fund cases”

  10. In re Ampicillin Antitrust, Litigation

    526 F. Supp. 494 (D.D.C. 1981)   Cited 12 times
    Awarding fee of 45 percent