Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Nextel Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 26, 2011No. Docket 09-1892-cvPublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from Judge Daniel’s dismissal of appellants’ class action complaint against Nextel Communications, Inc., the law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown, P.C. (“LMB”), and seven of LMB’s lawyers (also “LMB”). Appellants are former clients of LMB who retained the firm to bring discrimination claims against Nextel. The class is composed of approximately 587 clients who retained LMB for the same purpose. The complaint asserts a number of claims, including one alleging that LMB breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty to them and the class by entering into an…
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