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          eligible contributions first to the Fund’s $60,000 payment for              
          potentially compensable fees and expenses.  It follows that                 
          eligible persons paid $60,000 of the potentially compensable                
          amount of $248,049.27.                                                      
                    2.   Amounts Paid Directly to Minns                               
               The Hongsermeiers and each member of the group of 38 paid              
          Minns a $3,500 retainer fee for continued representation of their           
          interests in post-appellate matters, including services relating            
          to the Hongsermeiers’ appellate fee request.  We have received              
          net worth affidavits for all but five of those persons.  Thus, at           
          least $119,000 of the $136,500 initially paid by this group to              
          Minns derives from eligible persons.  We allocate that $119,000             
          first to the $56,233.75 claimed by the Hongsermeiers for services           
          relating to the fee request.  See supra note 48.  It follows that           
          eligible persons paid the entire portion of the claimed amount              
          that is potentially compensable--$36,269.20.  See supra Part                
          III.D.2.                                                                    
                    3.   Amounts Incurred But Not Paid                                
               While eligible persons have paid all the potentially                   
          compensable fees with respect to the Hongsermeiers’ fee request             
          (thus obviating the need to determine whether eligible persons              
          are liable for any unpaid amounts), eligible persons have paid              
          only $60,000 of the $248,049.27 that is potentially compensable             
          with respect to the PH petitioners’ fee request.  Under the terms           
          of the Defense Fund’s agreement with Porter & Hedges, nontest               




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