Leonard v. McMorris

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, former employees of a now bankrupt corporation, brought this action against the officers of the corporation to recover wages and benefits not received as a result of the Chapter 11 filing. Plaintiffs assert their claims under the Colorado Wage Claim Act, Colo.Rev.Stat. § 8-4-101 et seq. (1999). Defendants filed this interlocutory appeal from the district court’s grant of plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

The facts of this case are not in dispute and are set out in Leonard v. McMorris, 106 F.Supp.2d 1098, 1104-05 (D.Colo.2000):

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