Legal Opinion
Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1939No. 543PublishedCited by 1,201 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The case is here on certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit which affirmed, 99 F. 2d 583, a decree of the District Court for the District of Maine, 23 F. Supp. 59, denying a petition for the allowance of counsel fees and expenses over and above the regular taxable costs. Certiorari was granted, 306 U. S. 623, because an important question of judicial administration pertaining to the exercise of federal equity jurisdiction was raiséd.
This case is another phase of a litigation that has been here before, Ticonic Bank v. Sprague, 303 U. S. 406, the circumstances of which…
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