Legal Opinion
Koppel v. Wien
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 24, 1984No. Nos. 1204, 1337, Dockets 83-9073, 84-7013PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is whether a lawsuit to prevent a proposed adverse modification of an agreement defining rights of participants in a real estate venture may entitle the plaintiffs to recover their attorney’s fees for having conferred a benefit on the participants. The issue arises on an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin T. Duffy, Judge). Koppel v. Wien, 575 F.Supp. 960 (S.D.N.Y.1983). That judgment, entered in two consolidated lawsuits brought by plaintiffs-appellants Jay H. Koppel and Mary…
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