Legal Opinion
Le John Manufacturing Company v. Dwight Webb, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 28, 1955No. 12321_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This case raises once more the question of the validity of contingent fee contracts based on sales to the Federal Government. The District Court found that the plaintiff Webb (appellee here) was to receive a commission of five per cent on all consummated sales of defendant company’s products to the United States. It gave judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the amount of the commission, and the defendant appeals.
The arrangement between Webb and the company was an oral one. The product chiefly involved was electric fans, and the main sales made were to the armed…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Zell v. American Seating Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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- Francis J. Quinn, Steam-Path Sales, Inc. And Steam-Path Services, Inc. v. Gulf and Western Corporation D/B/A Mal Tool and Engineering CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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