Legal Opinion

Spering v. Sullivan

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided July 10, 1973No. Civ. A. 4222PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action in which the plaintiff, Howard S. Spering (Spering) is seeking damages from the attorneys who represented him in an earlier action before this Court against Texas Butadiene & Chemical Corporation (TB&C), Civil Action No. 3047 (the TB&C action), for their alleged negligence, breach of contract and fraud which resulted in the dismissal of the plaintiff’s prior action for lack of prosecution. The matter is presently before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment.

In their motion for summary judgment, the defendants argue that as a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hodges v. CarterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. Warner v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Paul E. Repass v. Albert L. Vreeland and Leonard G. Brown, Individuals, and Vreeland & Brown, a New Jersey Partnership in the Practice of LawCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
  4. Sorensen v. the Overland CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1956
  5. Acme Precision Products, Inc., and William F. Jobbins, Inc. v. American Alloys CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. American Legacy FoundationSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  2. Duke & Co. v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Zinn v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  4. American Legacy Foundation v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2003
  5. Lovett v. Estate of LovettNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1991

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