Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Deukmejian v. Worldwide Church of God, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 9, 1981No. Civ. 57321PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
California attorneys, Hillel Chodos, Rafael Chodos, Hugh John Gibson, and the New Jersey law firm of Cohn & Lifland, 1 appeal from an order of the superior court denying their application for $100,000 in attorneys’ fees for services rendered in procuring and defending the appointment of a receiver in an.action against respondents, the Worldwide Church of God (Church). 2 We affirm.
As we will discuss, infra, the receivership has long since been dissolved and the underlying action has been dismissed without any determination that respondents were guilty of any wrongdoing.
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