Legal Opinion

Kellems v. California Cio Council

District Court, N.D. California

Decided December 23, 1946No. Nos. 23775-G, 23948-GPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODMAN, District Judge.

These are motions in two libel actions consolidated for trial, seeking taxation as costs against the unsuccessful plaintiff of a total of $3,600 as defense counsel fees.

At the time of trial 18 defendants remained in each action, all represented by one set of counsel. During trial, each action was, by stipulation, dismissed as to 14 defendants. Judgment was thereafter ordered in favor of the remaining four defendants. All 18 defendants have now *360moved this court to tax against plaintiff and in favor of each of them severally, in each action $100 as attorneys’ fees. The…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Henkel v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. People of Sioux County v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Linstead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  5. Sacramento Municipal Utility District v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Garriga v. Tribunal Superior de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
  2. Ackerman v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1986
  3. Bank of China v. Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1952
  4. Joseph F. Powell v. Old Southern Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  5. Ruth M. Culbertson, of the Will of William M. Culbertson, Jr., Deceased, Last Surviving Partner of the Partnership of J. H. Franks and William M. Culbertson, Jr., Doing Business as Whitewood Smokeless Coal Company v. Jno. McCall Coal Company, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, Ruth M. Culbertson, of the Will of William M. Culbertson, Jr., Deceased, Last Surviving Partner of the Partnership of J. H. Franks, Andwilliam M. Culbertson, Jr., Doing Business as Whitewood Smokeless Coal Company v. Jno. McCall Coal Company, Inc., a Maryland CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974

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