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· 9/18/1987

Jonathan Woodner Co. v. Laufer

Citations

  • 531 A.2d 280
  • 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 431

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • clarifying that appellant, an attorney, could recover under a quantum meruit theory if he “present[ed] proof of the reasonable value of the services rendered in advancing” the client’s goal
  • “Strictly speaking, a joint venture is not the same as a partnership, but there is very little law . . . applicable 23 to one that does not apply to the other.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Terry, Steadman, Nebeker

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