Indirect Purchaser Class v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JUN 6 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: OPTICAL DISK DRIVE No. 21-16291

PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,

D.C. No. 3:10-md-02143-RS ------------------------------

INDIRECT PURCHASER CLASS, MEMORANDUM*

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

CONNER ERWIN,

Objector-Appellant,

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.;

et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Argued and Submitted April 19, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: GOULD, BEA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge CHRISTEN.

This case concerns attorneys’ fees awarded to Hagens Berman Sobol

Shapiro, LLP (HB), class counsel for a class of Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs (IPP)

in a lengthy multidistrict antitrust suit. We previously vacated the district court’s

decisions awarding a total of $52,780,000 in attorneys’ fees…