Legal Opinion

Arch v. Papadakos

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1984No. Civ. A. No. 83-2562PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, one John G. Arch, a member of the Allegheny County Bar, seeks in this litigation to transform a squabble over attorneys’ fees into a “federal case” of constitutional dimension.

Plaintiff was originally retained by Daniel J. and Marsha L. Stewart to represent their daughter Rebecca who was injured when part of a dead tree fell on her. He filed suit at No. G.D. 81-7147 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on behalf of Rebecca but when inquiring of the Stewarts the name of a neighbor to be deposed as a witness they advised him that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  5. James Morris Fletcher v. James HookCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pruett v. ThigpenDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
  2. Linhart v. GlatfelterDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
  3. Arch (John G.) v. Papadakos (Nicholas A.), Tarasi & Tighe, P.C., Tarasi (Louis M. Jr.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984

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