Anderson v. Aspelmeier, Fisch, Power, Warner & Engberg

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns a contract for the value of a withdrawing partner’s interest in a law firm. The law firm challenges a judgment entered in favor of its former partner, claiming the partner’s act of withdrawal was detrimental to the firm and justified a forfeiture of his share. Also in dispute is the extent of the withdrawing partner’s obligation to contribute to the pension of retired partners. We transferred the case to the court of appeals which, on a divided vote, affirmed the district court by operation of law. We granted further review and now affirm the judgment of…