HAAS v. PITTSBURGH NAT. BANK

Civ. A. No. 72-968.

495 F.Supp. 815 (1980)

Mary D. HAAS and John Mitchell, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK, Mellon Bank, N.A. and Equibank, N.A., all national banking corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Malakoff, Eugene B. Strassburger, III and James H. Joseph, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

H. Woodruff Turner, Pittsburgh, Pa., for class action plaintiffs re attorneys' fees.

Allen N. Brunwasser, J. Tomlinson Fort, Alexander C. Sherrard and Donald C. Bush, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

I. History of Case

On November 13, 1972, plaintiffs filed a class action against defendants challenging various interest and accounting practices pertaining to the use of Bank Americard and Mastercharge. On August 26, 1977, the district court approved a settlement of the claims totaling 2.76 million dollars.1

In three separate settlement agreements the parties resolved...

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