Hertzberg & Noveck v. Ira J. Spoon
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Ira J. Spoon (“Spoon”) appeals the judgment of the District Court ordering him to pay $14,200.00 in legal fees to plaintiff-appellee law firm. He asks us to hold that the agreement on which the District Court predicated liability was so ambiguous as to be unenforceable and that the District Court lacked in per-sonam jurisdiction over him. For the reasons stated herein, we find the agreement enforceable and the assertion of jurisdiction proper, but remand the case to the District Court to determine properly the precise amount of Spoon’s…
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