Legal Opinion
James K.J. Cheng v. Gaf Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 1983No. 1116, Docket 82-7956PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
James K.J. Cheng appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 566 F.Supp. 350, Richard Owen, J., awarding appellee attorneys’ fees and expenses for the costs of defending against appellant’s allegedly “unreasonable and vexatious” attempts to disqualify appellee’s counsel. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the decision of the district court.
I. Procedural History
An understanding of the unusual procedural history of this case is important both with respect to the threshold issue of appealability, and with respect…
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