Legal Opinion
Richard M. Stockton and Phyllis I. Stockton v. United States of America, Conrad H. Goerl, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1974No. 73-2190PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before WRIGHT, KILKENNY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.
Eugene A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
May an attorney in a tax refund suit intervene undér Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2) to assert a claim for attorney’s fees? The district court granted leave to intervene, and we reverse. Intervention was improper under the facts of this case and the judgment awarding a fee to the intervenor must be vacated.
Mr. and Mrs. Stockton retained attorney Goerl in 1969 to represent them in an action for a tax refund. A successful suit resulted in a judgment in September 1971 for $105,445.66. Thereafter, Debtor…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- William E. Nuesse, Commissioner of Banks, State of Wisconsin v. William Camp, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Sam Fox Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Atlantis Development Corporation, Ltd. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Charles Alfred Gaines v. Dixie Carriers, Inc. v. Plotkin, Sapir & Bradley, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Andrews v. Central Surety InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1969
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Robert Blake v. Sant Pallan v. Willie R. Barnes, Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California, Plaintiff-In-Intervention/appellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter v. Sequa Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Prete v. BradburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- The County of Fresno v. Cecil D. Andrus, National Land for People, Inc., Applicant for Intervention-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Venegas v. SkaggsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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