Legal Opinion
Morganroth & Morganroth v. Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 30, 2003No. 02-2087PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises thorny questions relating to the bounds of legitimate legal advocacy and transgressive participation by attorneys at law in a client’s illegal conduct. The plaintiffs, Morganroth & Morganroth, a Michigan law firm, and Mayer Morganroth, Esq. (“Morganroths”), sued John Z. DeLorean in a federal court in Michigan for legal services rendered over approximately ten years. The jury returned a verdict in their favor against DeLorean and Ecclesiastes 9:10-11-12, Inc. (“Ecclesiastes”), a corporation controlled by him, in a sum exceeding six…
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