MELEA, LTD. v. JAWER SA

No. 07-1127.

511 F.3d 1060 (2007)

MELEA, LIMITED; The Admiralty Trust; Barnacle Trust; Rum Row Trust; Port Royal Trust; Port Royal Charitable Trust, Successor to the Michael Ladney Charitable Trust and the Michael Ladney Charitable Remainder Trust; Russbury International Limited; Seward International Corporation BVI; Buccaneer Investments Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAWER SA, Defendant-Appellee, Barry S. Engel; Engel & Reiman, P.C., FKA Engel, Reiman & Lockwood, P.C., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brice A. Tondre, Lakewood, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christopher J. King, Homer Bonner, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, EBEL, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Melea, Ltd., a Gibraltar corporation, retained Defendant-Appellee Jawer, S.A. ("Jawer"), a Swiss corporation, to administer Melea's day-to-day finances. Melea and its related entities (collectively, "Melea") filed this diversity action in federal district court in Colorado pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, alleging that Jawer breached its fiduciary duties by permitting a Colorado lawyer to overcharge for legal services...

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