Legal Opinion

Brody v. Hellman

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 12, 2007No. 05CA2017PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge BERNARD.

In this common fund case, objectors-inter-venors, the Association of U.S. West Retirees, Eldon H. Graham, Hazel A. Floyd, and Mary M. Hull, appeal the trial court order awarding attorney fees and costs to lead counsel, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rud-man & Robbins LLP; Dyer & Shuman LLP; Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Schulman LLP; and Weiss & Lurie. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.

I. Background

The following facts are undisputed. This case arose from events surrounding the June 30, 2000, merger between U.S. West, Inc. and Qwest…

2Cases cited64 opinions

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3Cited by42 opinions

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