Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1946No. 3248PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
In January, 1939, Saulsbury Oil Company 1 employed R. E. Underwood, R. C. Johnson, J. B. Dooley, and R. A. Wilson, lawyers, practicing at Amarillo, Texas, under the name of Underwoodj Johnson, Dooley & Wilson2 to prosecute its claims against Phillips Petroleum Company3 arising out *373•of the purchase by Phillips from Saulsbury •of residuals from gas produced from leases belonging to Saulsbury in Wheeler and Gray Counties, Texas. Saulsbury agreed to pay the Underwood firm a contingent fee sufficient to net it 25 per cent of any recovery. From the date of its employment…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Hutchison v. RossNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- United States v. Guaranty Trust Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hallgarten v. OldhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hassett v. Far West Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (In Re O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Edward Meyers Caldwell v. J. Reuel Armstrong, Trustee in Bankruptcy, United States of America, and Dixie Faye Caldwell SheaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Four Star Aviation, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Moulton & Powell Moulton & Powell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Cleveland Trust Co. v. State Ex Rel. HuntSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
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