Legal Opinion
U.S. PolyCon Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 27, 1999No. 97-45 CPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
TURNER, Judge.
This case stands on plaintiffs motion filed January 21, 1997 to be allowed to be represented by its non-lawyer sole shareholder despite the stricture of RCFC 81(d)(8) (“A corporation may only be represented by counsel”). For reasons set forth below, we conclude that it is appropriate to grant the motion.
The plaintiff corporation is wholly owned and controlled by its sole shareholder, Paul T. Phillips. As the sole shareholder, Phillips seeks permission to appear on behalf of U.S. PolyCon Corp. in contravention of RCFC 81(d)(8) to the same extent as if the…
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