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SHEFFER v. EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.

Civil Action No. 02-7407.

290 F.Supp.2d 538 (2003)

Richard L. SHEFFER, Plaintiff, v. EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Francis, John Soumilas, Francis & Mailman, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Thomas J. Lyons, Jr., Thomas J. Lyons, Sr., Thomas Lyons & Assoc., Little Canada, MN, for Plaintiff.

Robert O. Lindefjeld, Shweta Gupta, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, Catherine Olanich Raymond, Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young PC, Philadelphia, PA, Ewis P. Perling, Mara McRae, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, Bruce S. Luckman, Timothy P. Creech, Satzberg, Trichon, et al, Philadelphia, PA, Abraham J. Colman, Deborah E. Yim, John Patrick Petrullo, Jonathan D. Fink, Sandra Stevens, Shiao-Wen Huang, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, CA, Louis J. Isaacsohn, Wendy D. Testa, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SCHILLER, District Judge.

This case reveals the potential problems that accompany the generally salutary effects of fee-shifting statutes. While fee-shifting provisions are intended to facilitate the pursuit of claims that vindicate both individual rights and the larger public interest, they can be misused when they become a mechanism for obtaining large attorney's fee awards in cases with de minimis returns for the client and...

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