Kansas City Power & Light Company v. Jack R. Manson, Intervenor Western Resources, Inc. Robert L. Rives

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

These appeals (an appeal and a cross-appeal) come from an order of the District Court 2 in a corporate-takeover case. For a description of the underlying litigation, which involved a question of Missouri corporation law, see Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Western Resources, Inc., 939 F.Supp. 688 (W.D.Mo.1996). The District Court awarded approximately $520,000 in fees and costs to two law firms representing a shareholder of Kansas City Power & Light Company who intervened in the case.

In the main appeal, brought by Jack R. Manson, the intervening shareholder,…