Meagher v. Kavli

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the court will exercise its authority to oversee fee agreements and prevent overreaching by attorneys
• explaining that the court will exercise its authority to oversee fee agreements and prevent overreaching by attorneys
• stating that when a representation agreement is ended, the attorney is left “in a position where he may only recover the reasonable value of the services he has rendered” and thus “[a]n attorney may recover for his services under a common count in general assumpsit”
• stating that when a representation agreement is ended, the attorney is left “in a position where he may only recover the reasonable value of the services he has rendered” and thus “[a]n attorney may recover for his services under a common count in general assumpsit”
• “A statute that does not create a new cause of action or affect a defense is procedural.”
• “[A] lawyer performing legal services for his client is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).