Legal Opinion
In Re New Mexico Indirect Purchasers Microsoft Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 2006No. 25,789PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} In this case, we examine the reasonableness of attorney fees that were awarded on the basis of the common fund doctrine, pursuant to terms in a class action settlement agreement. We conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the settlement provisions regarding the common fund doctrine are dispositive and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding fees by using the percentage-of-recovery method or in its application of the method. Relying on our evidentiary review of the Rule 16-105 NMRA factors used by the district court to evaluate…
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