Legal Opinion
Woralak Kalyawongsa Udo Liell, Philip P. Durand E. Michael Morris, Attorneys-Appellees v. Margaret Jean Moffett
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1997No. 96-5045PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from an unfortunate, protracted dispute over legal fees between the plaintiffs in a housing discrimination case and their former counsel. After being forced to withdraw before the housing discrimination claims were settled, the lawyers successfully moved for liens on the property acquired in the underlying litigation. On appeal, the former plaintiffs argue (1) that the district court did not have jurisdiction over the fee dispute, (2) that the dispute is governed by Tennessee law which does not allow the court having jurisdiction to “enforce” such…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cassandra Dean, a Minor, and Tommy Dean, Next Friend, James R. Bandy and James R. Bandy, P.C., Intervening v. Holiday Inns, Inc., an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Palmer v. PalmerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
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