Maritrans GP Inc. v. Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz

529 Pa. 241 (1992)

602 A.2d 1277

MARITRANS GP INC., Maritrans Partners L.P. and Maritrans Operating Partners L.P., Appellants,

v.

PEPPER, HAMILTON & SCHEETZ and J. Anthony Messina, Jr., Esquire, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 17, 1991.

Decided January 29, 1992.

Richard A. Sprague, Denise Pallante, William P. Murphy, Howard K. Goldstein, Gerald E. Arth, Joseph T. Pallante, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Sterling Professor of Law, New Haven, Conn., for amicus in support of appellants.

Francis P. Newell, Arthur G. Raynes, Philadelphia, Stephen Gillers, New…