Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Nussbaum
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 23, 1997No. CIV.A. 96-2243(HHG)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
The case arises out of the dissolution of the prominent law firm of Nussbaum & Wald. Plaintiffs Jeffrey D. Robinson, Eric L. Lewis, Michael B. Waitzkin, Martin R. Baach, and James P. Davenport and defendant Michael Nussbaum were general partners at Nuss-baum & Wald. Currently before the Court are the parties’ respective motions for partial summary judgment. 1 As will be seen below, the legal issues are, surprisingly, relatively novel and therefore of some difficulty.
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Background
Nussbaum & Wald opened its doors as a law partnership in October of 1989. The…
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