context: At the fee determination stage, the district judge must protect the class's interest by acting as a fiduciary for the class.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 288 F.3d 277, 280-81
citation_a.parenthetical: "We and other courts have gone so far as to term the district judge in the settlement phase of a class action suit a fiduciary of the class, who is subject therefore to the high duty of care that the law requires of fiduciaries."
citation_a.sentence: See Cendant, 264 F.3d at 231 (“[T]he District Court acts as a fiduciary guarding the rights of absent class members^]”); Reynolds v. Beneficial Nat'l Bank, 288 F.3d 277, 280-81 (7th Cir.2002) (“We and other courts have gone so far as to term the district judge in the settlement phase of a class action suit a fiduciary of the class, who is subject therefore to the high duty of care that the law requires of fiduciaries.”); Report of the Third Circuit Task Force, Court Awarded Attorneys Fees, 108 F.R.D. 237, 251 (1985) (The court “must monitor the disbursement of the' fund and act as a fiduciary for those who are supposed to benefit from it, since typically no one else is available to perform that function.”); cf. Cendant, 264 F.3d at 255 (“[A]n agent must be located to oversee the relationship between the class and its lawyers,” and “[traditionally, that agent has been the court.”).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 264 F.3d 255, 255
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A]n agent must be located to oversee the relationship between the class and its lawyers," and "[traditionally, that agent has been the court."
citation_b.sentence: See Cendant, 264 F.3d at 231 (“[T]he District Court acts as a fiduciary guarding the rights of absent class members^]”); Reynolds v. Beneficial Nat'l Bank, 288 F.3d 277, 280-81 (7th Cir.2002) (“We and other courts have gone so far as to term the district judge in the settlement phase of a class action suit a fiduciary of the class, who is subject therefore to the high duty of care that the law requires of fiduciaries.”); Report of the Third Circuit Task Force, Court Awarded Attorneys Fees, 108 F.R.D. 237, 251 (1985) (The court “must monitor the disbursement of the' fund and act as a fiduciary for those who are supposed to benefit from it, since typically no one else is available to perform that function.”); cf. Cendant, 264 F.3d at 255 (“[A]n agent must be located to oversee the relationship between the class and its lawyers,” and “[traditionally, that agent has been the court.”).