Legal Opinion
Pittman v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided December 1, 1953No. 66-53PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITAKER, Judge.
Plaintiff alleges that he is entitled to recover the sum of $48,242.23 with interest on this amount from June 29,1950, on the ground that he has an attorney’s lien against an award made by the Appeal Board, Office of Contract Settlement, to plaintiff’s client, the West Side Iron Works (hereinafter sometimes referred to as West Side). The case is now before us on defendant’s motion to dismiss the petition, on the grounds, among others, that there is no privity between plaintiff and defendant, and that an attorney’s lien does not attach to a claim against the United States…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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- Martin v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Ingersoll v. CoramSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. ShannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by19 opinions
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