8 Cited authorities

Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert
444 U.S. 472 (1980) Cited 1,029 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
Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite
396 U.S. 375 (1970) Cited 1,401 times 6 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"
Sprague v. Ticonic Bank
307 U.S. 161 (1939) Cited 1,041 times
Holding that because a petition for fees is "an independent proceeding supplemental to the original," the suggestion "that it came after the end of the term at which the main decree was entered and [is] therefore too late" was unavailing
Matter of Continental Ill. Sec. Litigation
962 F.2d 566 (7th Cir. 1992) Cited 396 times
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
Skelton v. General Motors Corp.
860 F.2d 250 (7th Cir. 1988) Cited 182 times
Affirming common fund award where "the fee-shifting provision [did] not ... apply to a fee determination in a case settled in a common fund"
Trustees v. Greenough
105 U.S. 527 (1881) Cited 725 times 34 Legal Analyses
Holding "that where one of many parties having a common interest in a trust fund, at his own expense takes proper proceedings to save it from destruction and to restore it to the purposes of the trust, he is entitled to reimbursement, either out of the fund itself, or by proportional contribution from those who accept the benefit of his efforts"
In re Trans Union Corp. Privacy Litigation
629 F.3d 741 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 46 times
Holding that lead counsel in a class action should receive a fee award consistent with the "the contingent fee that the class would have negotiated with the class counsel at the outset had negotiations with clients having a real stake been feasible"
Central Railroad v. Pettus
113 U.S. 116 (1885) Cited 309 times 34 Legal Analyses
In Pettus, the Court considered whether attorneys could present independent claims for compensation from a fund created through their efforts on behalf of their clients.

Trans Union Corp, et al v. Trans Union LLC, et al

8 Cited authorities

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

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 because a petition for fees is "an independent proceeding supplemental to the original," the suggestion "that it came after the end of the term at which the main decree was entered and [is] therefore too late" was unavailing

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

Affirming common fund award where "the fee-shifting provision [did] not ... apply to a fee determination in a case settled in a common fund"

Holding that lead counsel in a class action should receive a fee award consistent with the "the contingent fee that the class would have negotiated with the class counsel at the outset had negotiations with clients having a real stake been feasible"

In Pettus, the Court considered whether attorneys could present independent claims for compensation from a fund created through their efforts on behalf of their clients.