Legal Opinion
Madeleine Hardy-Latham v. John H. Wellons, Harry Barnes and F. Ryan Hunt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1968No. 11997_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
A dispute over the proper division of a broker’s commission led to this appeal, which raises three separate issues, each governed by the law of a different jurisdiction. Although counsel for the parties failed to show any awareness of the difficulties, it should occasion no surprise that choice of law problems abound in this diversity action which involves a sale, engineered by New York brokers, of a North Carolina business to a New Jersey buyer.
In 1962, defendant John Wellons confided to his long-time business associate Harry Barnes, a New Yorker, that he desired to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lámar v. MicouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- McKeon v. . Van SlyckNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Frank J. Kozak v. Willard B. Wells, Administrator, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Jones v. Koons Automotive, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2010
- 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
- Bostick Oil Company, Inc. v. Michelin Tire Corporation, Commercial DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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