Arch v. Papadakos
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
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
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- James Morris Fletcher v. James HookCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Pruett v. ThigpenDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1986
- Linhart v. GlatfelterDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Arch (John G.) v. Papadakos (Nicholas A.), Tarasi & Tighe, P.C., Tarasi (Louis M. Jr.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984