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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

THE WORLD SAVINGS TOWER

1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 891-9800

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[Proposed] Order Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Costs and Enhancement Award

Scott Edward Cole, Esq. (S.B. #160744)

Matthew R. Bainer, Esq. (S.B. #220972)

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

1970 Broadway, Ninth Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 891-9800

Facsimile: (510) 891-7030

web: www.scalaw.com

Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff

and the Plaintiff Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY P. RUMBERGER,

individually, and on behalf of all others

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS

COMPANY L.P.,

Defendants.

 

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Case No.: C 05-04050 JSW

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] ORDER AWARDING

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS TO

CLASS COUNSEL AND ENHANCEMENT

AWARD TO REPRESENTATIVE

PLAINTIFF

Date: January 25, 2008

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 2

Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. White

This matter is before the Court on Class Counsel’s application for an award of attorneys’ fees

and costs, due notice of which was given to the Class Members.

Based upon the Court’s observation and assessment of the performance of Class Counsel

throughout this litigation, oral argument, all papers filed with the Court, and the resulting settlement

recovery, and good cause appearing therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED:

An award of attorneys’ fees of $45,000.00 plus costs in the amount of $4,598.17 is hereby

approved and awarded to Class Counsel. Such award shall be paid from the $175,000.00 settlement

fund created by the Settlement Agreement and shall be paid no later than the first business day

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SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

THE WORLD SAVINGS TOWER

1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR

OAKLAND, CA 94612

TEL: (510) 891-9800

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following 30 days after Final Approval as outlined in the Order Preliminarily Approving the

Settlement.

The Court finds that the amount of this award is based on application of both the percentage

fee and the lodestar-plus-multiplier methods for awarding reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. Both

methods are available to the Court, both produce the same result and the Court relies on each method

as an independent basis for its determination of a reasonable award of attorneys’ fees and costs.

The award of $45,000.00 is roughly 25% of the total value of the common benefit created

for the Class. In setting this award of attorneys’ fees and costs, the Court has considered that fee

awards equal to 33 1/3% of the common fund are generally held to be reasonable. See, e.g., Six (6)

Mexican Workers v. Arizona Citrus Growers, 904 F.2d 1301,1311 (9th Cir. 1990). The attorneys’

fees award is also independently based on the lodestar-plus-multiplier method for determining a

reasonable award of attorneys’ fees.

The costs of $4,598.17 ($4,298.17 of which has already been incurred and an estimated

$300.00 which will be incurred in the process of distribution oversight for items such as telephone,

postage and photocopy charges), as set forth by Class Counsel, are responsible and were and/or will

be incurred in benefit to the Class. The types of costs Class Counsel reported are appropriate for

reimbursement.

The balance of the $175,000.00 Settlement Fund, after the payments to Class Counsel set

forth in this order, shall be paid to the members of the Class in accordance with the terms of the

Settlement Agreement.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT: Defendant shall tender $5,000.00 to the named

Plaintiff as an enhancement award in recognition of services provided as a suitable representative

for the Class no later than the first business day following 30 days after Final Approval pursuant to

this Court’s Preliminary Approval Order.

$1,000.00

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SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

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OAKLAND, CA 94612

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IT IS SO ORDERED, this ____ day of January 2008.

 

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

JUDGE OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT

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