Legal Opinion
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC v. Tobin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 8, 2009No. 08-1863PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether a Massachusetts statute entitling a party to attorneys’ fees following a successful arbitration entitles the same party to attorneys’ fees incurred in successfully defending against an attempt to overturn the arbitral award in court. The district court denied the request for fees without explanation. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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Appellants Emily E. Tobin and Jon S. Tobin are trustees of various trusts established in 1991 by the late John F. Tobin. In June 1998, the trust accounts were transferred to appellee…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Yorke Management v. CastroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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