Legal Opinion
Nickerson v. Martin
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided December 7, 1976No. File 019707PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMignone, J.
This highly controversial pleading matter requires the court to rule upon the objections filed by the plaintiffs to the defendant’s motion for permission to file a special defense, a counterclaim and recoupment claims.
The original action, commenced in October, 1972, sought damages by way of legal fees and expenses claimed to be owing to the plaintiffs pursuant to a written contract to perform legal services on behalf of the defendant. The ease has followed a tortuous course of pleadings and motions, but the pleadings were finally closed by an answer filed in September, 1975. Thereafter, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bull v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Stone v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Sears, Roebuck and Company v. GoudieDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- S.M.S. Textile Mills, Inc. v. Brown, Jacobson, Tillinghast, Lahan & King, P.C.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1993
- Shuster v. BuckleyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1985
- Klock v. Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Jewett City Trust Co. v. GrayConnecticut Superior Court · 1977
- Franchi v. Farmholme, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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