Legal Opinion
Seward & Kissel v. Smith Wilson Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 2, 1993No. 92 Civ. 0284 (CHT)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge:
This case arose out of a dispute over unpaid legal fees charged by the plaintiff, Seward & Kissel (“Seward & Kissel”), a New York law firm, to the defendant, Smith Wilson Co., Inc. (“Smith Wilson”), an Illinois corporation. The court has diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1988). The case was initially assigned to Kevin T. Duffy, J., who entered a default judgment. Defendant moved to vacate that judgment, and plaintiff cross-moved for summary judgment. Following these motions, the case was transferred here pursuant to local rules. For the reasons…
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