Legal Opinion
Millsap v. Lane
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 31, 1986No. 85-209PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
This appeal questions an award of attorneys’ fees. Some background is essential to understand this litigation which began in 1980 in Pope County Chancery Court, spread to forums in Kansas and North Carolina, and has consumed the time of numerous lawyers and courts. The case arises from a dispute between Leon and Wanda Millsap and Clift C. and Dorothy P. Lane. These couples agreed to build and equip a chicken processing plant in Pope County. The Millsaps were to provide their secret recipe and management, and the Lanes were to provide financing. They formed a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fletcher v. A. J. Industries, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1968
- City of Hot Springs v. CrevistonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lake View School District No. 25 v. HuckabeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Damron v. University Estates, Phase II, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Love v. Smackover School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Hall v. StahaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Hall v. StahaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
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