Marsh, Day & Calhoun v. Solomon

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the rule in Connecticut that attorneys may have a lien on a judgment subject to the equitable rights of others
• acknowledging that this “American Rule” applies in Connecticut and, generally, nationwide
• self-executing attorney’s retaining lien is not absolute right but merely method for attorney to protect “proper fee”; it should not be used when attorney withdraws voluntarily or is discharged because of negligence or misconduct
• “a charging lien ... is a lien placed upon any money recovery or fund due the client at the conclusion of suit”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fleming v. Garnett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 109×
• Rizzo Pool Co. v. Del Grosso
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-02-18· cited 109×
• 24 Leggett Street Ltd. Partnership v. Beacon Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-11-26· cited 77×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Maiocco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-01-17· cited 65×
• A. Secondino & Son, Inc. v. LoRicco
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-07-04· cited 56×
• Koennicke v. Maiorano
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-09-10· cited 50×
• Doe v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-07-31· cited 48×
• Bershtein, Bershtein & Bershtein, P.C. v. Nemeth
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-02-25· cited 27×
• Hurtado v. Hurtado
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-05-03· cited 24×
• James Constructors, Inc. v. Salt Lake City Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-12-21· cited 19×
• Libner v. Maine County Commissioners' Ass'n
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2004-03-26· cited 18×
• Gagne v. Vaccaro
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-12-08· cited 11×
• Brussow v. Utah State Bar
  Utah Supreme Court· 2012-08-28· cited 11×
• In Re Bucknam
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-06-18· cited 10×
• Belford v. Breck (In Re Medical Cost Management, Inc.)
  D. Connecticut· 1990-06-21· cited 10×
• Roman v. Johnson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-04-21· cited 10×
• D'Urso v. Lyons
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-08-29· cited 6×
• Charts v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  D. Connecticut· 2005-10-25· cited 4×
• Vanacore v. Kennedy
  D. Connecticut· 1998-09-18· cited 3×
• Tolman v. Banach
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-03-30· cited 2×

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• State v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-06-05· cited 917×
• Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 772×
• Gionfriddo v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-02-21· cited 166×
• Town of Brookfield v. Candlewood Shores Estates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 136×
• Roche v. Town of Fairfield
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-23· cited 109×
• Cahill v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-11· cited 95×
• Rybinski v. State Employees' Retirement Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-09-13· cited 89×
• Gino's Pizza of East Hartford, Inc. v. Kaplan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-08· cited 86×
• Burr v. Lichtenheim
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-14· cited 80×
• Storm Associates, Inc. v. Baumgold
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-02-09· cited 62×
• Bulk Oil Transports, Inc. v. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.
  Second Circuit· 1921-11-16· cited 56×
• Cole v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1941-07-22· cited 54×
• Pomerantz v. Schandler
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-08· cited 38×
• Brauer v. Hotel Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1963-07-08· cited 35×
• Litton Industries Credit Corp. v. Catanuto
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-05-02· cited 35×
• Page v. Welfare Commissioner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-02-24· cited 33×
• Silverstein v. Hornick
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-03-22· cited 32×
• Andrews v. Morse
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1838-06-15· cited 32×
• Midvale Motors, Inc. v. Saunders
  Utah Supreme Court· 1968-06-25· cited 25×