Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 14, 1980No. Nos. 79-2177 to 79-2179PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This case is an appeal from a District Court order declaring that a court-ordered award of attorneys’ fees should be given directly to the plaintiff’s attorneys and not the plaintiff. Because we find that the Retainer Agreement between the plaintiff and her attorneys governed the award, and that the plaintiff fully compensated her attorneys as required by that agreement, we reverse the District Court’s order, remanding the case for an order directing that the court-ordered award of attorneys’ fees be given to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- John David v. The Hooker, Ltd Hooker Music, Ltd., Ronald Haffkine, Non-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Cine Forty-Second Street Theatre Corp. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Ruth M. Sargeant v. Alexander E. Sharp, IICourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- North American Graphite Corp. v. AllanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Chalmers v. OREGON AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYOregon Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Martin v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Kouri PerezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Gorton v. Hostak, Henzl & Bichler, S.C.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
- Levine v. Bayne, Snell & Krause, Ltd.Texas Supreme Court · 2001
- Perkinson v. Gilbert/Robinson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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