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DISNEY v. PRITZKER

No. 16032.

385 F.2d 572 (1967)

Ralph W. DISNEY, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Wesley E. Disney, Deceased, and Ida J. Rogers, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Charles B. Rogers, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Abraham N. PRITZKER, Jack N. Pritzker, Jay A. Pritzker, and Stanford Clinton, individually and as co-partners practicing law as Pritzker, Pritzker, and Clinton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Erens, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

John P. Hampton, Louis Linton Dent, Roger D. Doten, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before SWYGERT, FAIRCHILD and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, the estates of two deceased Oklahoma attorneys have sought a declaration of their right to legal fees pursuant to a 1955 contract with a Chicago law firm. The District Court held that the contract entitled the plaintiffs to 35% of fees awarded in a case decided by the Indian Claims Commission of the United States. This same ruling was extended to various other cases pending before that Commission. The cases covered...

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