Legal Opinion
Trooper Alvin T. Pontarelli v. Walter E. Stone, Ina P. Schiff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 4, 1992No. 92-1295PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case is before us in an unusual posture because all parties have settled the merits of the underlying disputes. There only remains a matter raised by the former attorney of one of those parties. We are thus presented with a narrow decisional issue: whether there is an appropriate appellate controversy to be passed upon by this court. For reasons hereinafter stated, we rule in the negative and dismiss the appeal.
The factual background to this appeal is bizarre, not to say byzantine. The underlying suit filed in the United States District Court for the District of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- In Re United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Pontarelli v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Gloria Delesdernier, Wife of Clay N. Gerald v. Louis B. PorterieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Pontarelli v. StoneDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Northeast Data Systems, Inc. v. McDonnell Douglas Computer Systems CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Weeks v. Independent School District No. I-89Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Aronson v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- BTZ, Inc. v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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