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/fA- By Order dated September 23, 1994, the distriCt court approved the Stipulation and further ordered that "the Stipulation and this Order shall be without prejudice to one or more subsequent claims against the Federal Defendants for Plaintiffs' cost oflitigation after October 11, 1993, or to either the Plaintiffs' or Federal Defendants' position regarding such subsequent claim or claims." ~.- Upon GBRA's receipt of the $2,000,000 payment by Federal Defendants, GBRA allocated such monies among the Plaintiffs pursuant to the first Agreement Among Plaintiffs Regarding Cost of Litigation, made and entered into as of April 14, 1994. By Order dated June 14, 1995, the district court ordered that "the Plaintiff and Plaintiff- Intervenors recover their costs oflitigation, including reasonable attorney's fees, since October 11, 1993." By Order dated February 26, 1996, the Fifth Circuit, among other things, ordered that the matters then on appeal be remanded to the district court "with instructions that the district court take the ministerial steps necessary to conclude this case promptly." By Order dated February 28, 1996, the district court, among other things, ordered parties to submit "applications for attorney's fees, costs, expenses, etc." within ten days of the date of that Order. In response to the February 28, 1996 Order and pursuant to Rule 6, FRCP, on March 13, 1996 Plaintiffs submitted their Joint Motion for Award of Their Combined Cost of Litigation from October 12, 1993 to Present ("Plaintiffs' Second Joint Claim"). The total amount. claimed in Plaintiffs' Second Joint Claim, through February 29, 1996, is $2,261,912.47. Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants have reached an oral agreement between and among themselves to settle Plaintiffs' joint claim against Federal Defendants for Plaintiffs' combined cost -2-