Legal Opinion
Heller v. Pillsbury Madison & Sutro
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1996No. B096769PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOODS, J.
Plaintiff Philip Heller appeals from the postjudgment order awarding costs, and the judgment entered for defendant law firm Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and individual defendants, Pillsbury partners T. Neal McNamara, Charles Patterson, Walter Stafford and Rodney Peck. Heller had filed the instant action as a result of his expulsion from the Pillsbury firm. Heller contests the preliminary court hearing where the court found the law firm’s 1992 partnership agreement, providing for expulsion of partners, fully integrated and binding on Heller. He also challenges the trial court’s…
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