Legal Opinion
Potter v. Peirce
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 6, 1997No. 340, 1996PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Justice.
We consider a question of law certified to this Court by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. 1 The dispositive issue presented is whether the public policy of this state permits a Delaware lawyer to violate Rule 1.5(e) of Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (Lawyers’ Rules of Conduct) and then to use those Rules as a shield to avoid a contractual duty to share an attorney fee with a Pennsylvania lawyer who did not violate the Pennsylvania lawyers’ rules of professional conduct. We find that it does not.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1993
- In Re Appeal of Infotechnology, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1990
- Riblet Products Corp. v. NagySupreme Court of Delaware · 1996
- William M. Freeman v. Richard A. Mayer and Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- State v. BennefieldSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
3Cited by13 opinions
- Post v. BregmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- Chambers v. KayCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
- Walker v. GribbleSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- Goldman, Skeen & Wadler, P.A. v. Cooper, Beckman & Tuerk, L.L.P.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
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