Legal Opinion

Mendenhall v. Allen

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 27, 1965No. 14834PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a denial by the district court of Joseph M. Brennan’s (intervener) motion to be joined as a third party plaintiff in an action by Cover Mendenhall and William L. Walker (plaintiffs) against Robert S. Allen, Walker R. Allen and James J. Allen (defendants). Intervener filed briefs and orally argued his case pro se in this court.

Plaintiffs brought a diversity action on August 15, 1963 against defendants to recover compensation for legal services rendered in a derivative stockholders’ suit.

Count I of plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleged that they were…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. J. Morton Rosenblum, Trustee v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bess A. Martin v. Kalvar CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Larry Burns, Etc. v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
  3. Mayflower Development Corp. v. Town of DennisMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
  4. The Union Central Life Insurance Company v. Hamilton Steel Products Inc. v. United Steel Workers of America, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
  5. National 4-H Club Foundation of America, Inc. v. ThorpeCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1974

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