Sei Corp. v. Norton & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding defendant ratified attorney’s unauthorized representation by not informing the court and the plaintiff of the purported attorney’s lack of authority until just before trial
• citing, inter alia, Pueblo of Santa Rosa v. Fall, 273 U.S. 315, 319-21 (1927)
• “[client] is liable to [opposing party] for his attorney’s wrongful conduct during the course of the judicial proceeding irrespective of the fact that his attorney may be subject to judicial discipline”
• “[client] is liable to [opposing party] for his attorney’s wrongful conduct during the course of the judicial proceeding irrespective of the fact that his attorney may be subject to judicial discipline”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).