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MORRIS BY RECTOR v. Peterson

District Court, D. Colorado

Decided October 4, 1983No. 83-J-20PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT

KANE, District Judge.

This motion to vacate under Rule 60(b), F.R.Civ.P. stems from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, assessing attorney fees against the plaintiffs in a legal malpractice action. Leo Rector, as guardian of Summer Morris, instituted legal malpractice proceedings against two Kansas lawyers for breach of their fiduciary obligation to Summer Morris while representing her in a medical malpractice suit filed in federal district court in Kansas. The suit against the defendants was filed in state district…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Morris v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  2. Morris v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
  3. Morris v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  4. Morris v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989

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