Legal Opinion

First National Bank of Boston v. Brink

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 29, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

372 Mass. 257 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 406

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, executor,

vs.

VIRGIL C. BRINK & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 5, 1976.

March 29, 1977.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.

Ronald F. Kehoe (Ronald R. Cloutier with him) for the plaintiff.

Jerome P. Facher (John G. Fabiano with him) for Virgil C. Brink & others.

Richard Wait for The Paul Revere Corporation.

BRAUCHER, J.

The plaintiff challenges the reasonableness of a legal fee of $760,000 charged by the law firm of Hale and Dorr (the law firm), for representing…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  4. Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  5. Stop & Shop, Inc. v. GanemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964

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