# Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Brown

> Supreme Court of the United States · October 3, 1988 · 488 U.S. 822

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9073791

## Case

- **Full name:** Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Brown
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** October 3, 1988
- **Citations:** 488 U.S. 822; 57 U.S.L.W. 3230; 109 S. Ct. 66; 102 L. Ed. 2d 43; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3867
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 187 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9073791

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding, in reliance on Blum, that award of attorneys' fees on percentage basis in common fund case not abuse of discretion, but requiring that fee award be reasonable and that district court articulate specific reasons to facilitate appellate review
- holding that award of attorneys' fees based upon percentage of fund is not per se an abuse of discretion.
- noting that the Johnson factors are relevant to the percentage that should be awarded
- establishing a similar definition for “damages”

## Opinion text

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