Legal Opinion

Dyntel Corporation Dyncorp v. Susan W. Ebner, and Ruth Morrel, Counter-Defendant

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 5, 1997No. 96-2369PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Luttig and Judge Williams joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

DynCorp sued attorney Susan Ebner, alleging that she had breached her ethical “duty of loyalty” to its subsidiary DynTel. The district court dismissed this claim with prejudice, finding that DynCorp had failed to state a claim and had brought suit in the wrong forum. DynCorp’s challenge of these findings on appeal is meritless. As the district court correctly held, any ethical charges should have been resolved in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  4. Barry B. George v. Gary W. KayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
  5. Hendrix v. DaughertySupreme Court of Virginia · 1995

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