Legal Opinion
Amina A. Soliman v. Ebasco Services Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 1987No. 1165, Docket 87-7146PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Having won a small victory in the district court, plaintiffs lawyer decided to take this appeal from the denial of counsel fees and the amount of prejudgment interest awarded. In this endeavor he has heedlessly submitted a mishmash of letters, instruments, pleadings, affidavits, and documents — many irrelevant and some improper — most of which are inappropriate for a lawyer considering his client’s best interests. Plainly, not all adverse rulings in the district court warrant an appeal and, more pointedly, as our holding in this case makes clear, a lawyer should look…
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