Legal Opinion
Spanos v. Skouras Theatres Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 30, 1964PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYATT, District Judge.
This is an action by a lawyer to recover compensation for professional services.
There are two separate claims, each stated in a separate count: (1) for $126,000 said to be due under a specific contingent fee agreement (for 17%% of recovery) and (2) for $875,000 as the claimed reasonable value of his services.
There was a trial to the Court, a jury having been waived after demand by defendants for a jury trial.
1. Jurisdiction of this Court
Jurisdiction of this Court is laid on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1).
Defendant corporations are stipulated each to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Smith v. SperlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- TEXAS v. FLORIDA Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Nick C. Spanos v. Skouras Theatres Corporation, Theatre & Cinema, Inc., Philhamboro, Inc., Youngstown Theatre Corporation and Modern Playhouses, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Raymond Spector, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Milton E. Mermelstein, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- In Re Wilson Evans, IICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Strabala v. ZhangDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
- Weir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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