Legal Opinion
Brooks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1987No. 87-1594PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
In the usual stakeholder case, a party with little involvement in the underlying transactions comes to court in search of a Solomonic decision awarding the stake or portions thereof to warring parties to those transactions. Here, however, the claimants had no involvement in the events giving rise to the stake. The stake at issue, totaling over $230,000, is Antone Construction Company’s share of the proceeds of a mechanic’s lien action in West Virginia. The plaintiff-appellant here, William F. Brooks, was on April 5, 1979, assigned Antone’s interest in the mechanic’s…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Botany Worsted Mills v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- United States v. National Ass'n of Real Estate BoardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- James C. Kanzelberger and Contemporary, Inc., Cross v. Warren F. Kanzelberger and Geraldine G. Kanzelberger, Cross-Appellees, and William J. DeauCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Holmes v. United States (In Re Holmes)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · 2003
- Brooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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