Legal Opinion · Dissent

Adams, George, Lee, Schulte, & Ward, P. A., Cross v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Cross

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 9, 1979No. 77-1650Published

1DissentJames C. Hill, Circuit Judge

With great deference for my brethren in the majority, I cannot concur in their disposition of this appeal. I write briefly to explain my dissent.

The confrontation this ease presents seems typical of other such hostilities which arise when close relationships of trust and confidentiality break-up. The property line dispute between two long-time neighbors and the hotly contested divorce of two longtime marrieds often raise passions of the same intensity as arise when attorney and client end their professional relationship and there must be an accounting of the litigation proceeds of their…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Scott v. KirtleySupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  3. Chancey v. BauerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
  4. Alyea v. HamptonSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  5. Cooper v. McNairDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1931

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