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115 F. App'x 515

Klein v. Salvi

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 17, 2004

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2004-12-17

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 2009

1 district ·

Relies on Smolowe v. Delendo Corp. · Goldberger v. Integrated Resources, Inc.

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Decided 2004-12-17

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¶1SUMMARY ORDER

¶2Plaintiff appeals the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees in this shareholder derivative action. Because the district court was permitted to use the lodestar method in calculating reasonable attorneys’ fees, and because it correctly identified and carefully weighed the relevant factors and made no clearly erroneous factual findings, we see no abuse of discretion in its award of 145 percent of counsel’s lodestar figure. See Goldberger v. Integrated Res., 209 F.3d 43, 50 (2d Cir.2000); Smolowe v. Delendo Corp., 136 F.2d 231, 241 (2d Cir.1943). The district court was not obligated to use the percentage method, nor are we aware of any authority supporting the application of the business judgment rule in this specific context. Furthermore, the district court’s identification of counsel’s possible inefficiencies (which may have led to an inflated lodestar) was entirely appropriate.

¶3Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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