Cook v. Niedert

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1998-04-24

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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge. Members of a pension fund needed a named plaintiff and legal representation to combat fund mismanagement. Archie Cook, the named plaintiff, needed an incentive to bring the suit, and the attorneys he ultimately retained needed a reasonable fee for their services. One might have thought that members of the pension fund and Cook’s attorneys would be satisfied with the result in the district court. The…

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