Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Buckley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 28, 1941No. 250PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order in bankruptcy which enjoined two attorneys at law from taking any steps in an action in the Supreme Court of New York to enforce a charging lien upon a recovery in the action. The facts were as follows. In 1927, Gould, not then bankrupt, sued Murray & Flood in the state court, retaining Buckley & Buckley, the respondents in the proceeding below, as his attorneys under an agreement that they should serve for a contingent fee of 50% of any net recovery. The case came to trial, Gould was nonsuited and appealed ; and the appeal was pending at…
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- Texas v. DonoghueSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Brown v. GerdesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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- United States v. Transocean Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- In The Matter Of Land Investors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Ohio Oil Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
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