Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter v. Sequa Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2001-05-17

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CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: During the course of protracted litigation, one party discharged the law -firm that had been representing it, and replaced it with two solo practitioners. Pri- or to its discharge, the law firm obtained a $2.9 million charging lien that will be extinguished absent a favorable disposition for its former client. It moved therefore to intervene in the continuing litigation as a matter of right. The dis…

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