Legal Opinion
SMWNPF Holdings, Inc. v. Devore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1999No. 19-11133PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
This diversity malpractice case comes to us after the grant of summary judgment in favor of attorney Stewart DeVore, Jr. (“De-Vore”) and his partner in the firm of DeVore, Nokes & Carrell, P.C., Meg A. Carrell (“Carrell”) (collectively, “the Appellees”). 1 At the core of this case is the plaintiffs (SMWNPF Holdings, 2 or “Holdings”) assertion that it had formed an attorney-client relationship with DeVore and Carrell during a real estate transaction and that the attorneys subsequently breached their fiduciary duty to Holdings. The district court found that there was no…
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