No. 19-244

Isaacson/Weaver Family Trust v. Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: attorney-fees civil-procedure class-action common-fund common-fund-settlement fee-shifting lodestar lodestar-method securities securities-law
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do this Court's decisions defining "a reasonable attorney's fee" in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding "reasonable attorneys' fees" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(h) from a common-fund settlement?

2. Are the securities laws' provisions relating to the award of "a reasonable attorney's fee" subject to the rule of Perdue that a reasonable attorney's fee ordinarily will be limited to the lawyers' unenhanced lodestar?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do this Court's decisions defining 'a reasonable attorney's fee' in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding 'reasonable attorneys' fees' under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(h) from a common-fund settlement?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-19
Waiver of right of respondents Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2019)
PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al.
Adam Henry Wierzbowski — Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Respondent
Isaacson/Weaver Family Trust
Eric Alan Isaacson — Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, Petitioner