Legal Opinion
Meierhenry Sargent LLP v. Bradley Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2019No. 17-3768PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a pair of issues arising out of a fee dispute between a law firm, Meierhenry Sargent LLP, and two dissatisfied clients, Bradley and Kerry Williams. After removing the firm's lawsuit seeking to recover its unpaid fees to federal court, the Williamses stayed the action to allow the unpaid-fees claim to proceed in arbitration.
Once in arbitration, the Williamses raised numerous counterclaims and defenses. The firm asked the district court for "relief from [the] stay" and a "declar[ation] [addressing] the scope of the arbitration proceedings." In effect,…
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