Opinion ID: 194765
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Court-Ordered Assessments

Text: The vast majority of appellants' outlays comprise mandatory payments imposed by six orders of the district court. See supra See We fully understand appellants' submissiveness, inasmuch as refusal to pay would have resulted in sanctions, see See Recticel , 859 F.2d at 1006. Appellants' tribute helped to fund the various instrumentalities that Judge Acosta had set in place to expedite the litigation. Thus, out of each insurer's total contribution ($41,500), $18,000 went toward defraying the JDD's operating expenses, see see id. The DLP was responsible for receiving, on behalf of all defendants, and disseminating, among all defense counsel, court orders and discovery materials. See Pretrial Order No. 127, at 62-63. See id. See Pretrial Order No. 135, at 9. The idea was abandoned and the funds in question were eventually utilized for operational costs of the JDD and DLP. See In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litig. , 142 F.R.D. 41, 46 n.20 (D.P.R. 1992). Therefore, the figures recited above, insofar as they pertain to the JDD and DLP, are minimum estimates.