Legal Opinion

Mar Oil, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Francis X. Morrissey, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 5, 1993No. 1710, 1843, Dockets 92-7166, 92-7234PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Francis X. Morrissey, Jr., appeals from so much of a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, following a bench trial before Bernard Newman, Judge * , as awarded plaintiff Mar Oil, S.A. (“Mar Oil”), $807,675.38 plus interest and costs against Morrissey, its former attorney, for breach of fiduciary duty in his payment to himself, as his purported fee, of $925,675.38 from funds in his custody belonging to Mar Oil. The trial court found that the parties had agreed that Morrissey’s fee would be based on time…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  4. Alderman v. Pan Am World AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  5. Peter Shann v. John S. Dunk, John S. Dunk v. Peter ShannCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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