Salem Realty Co. v. Matera

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing unfairness of forcing client to choose between adherence to a lawyer in whom he lost faith or risking more fees
• “In applying a quantum meruit standard, the terms of the abrogated [contingent] fee agreement provide helpful guidance . . .”
• \the right of a client to [change lawyers] has not much value if the client is put at risk to pay the full contract price for services not rendered and to pay a second lawyer as well\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).