Legal Opinion
Western Steel Erection Company, a Corporation v. United States of America, Morris L. Dunlap and Donald M. Fitzgerald, Applicants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1970No. 247-69_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a controversy between attorney and client and, after refinement of the issues, probes the availability of Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) as a procedural tool to lodge ancillary jurisdiction in the trial court to determine attorneys’ fees after dismissal of the main case by stipulation and with prejudice. The court below granted the motion of attorneys Dunlap and Fitzgerald (Dun lap), vacated the order of dismissal, took testimony on the question of the fee issue and ultimately entered judgment against Western Steel Erection Company (Western) for $27,349.98 plus…
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