FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON v. BRINK


372 Mass. 257 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 406

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, executor, vs. VIRGIL C. BRINK & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald F. Kehoe (Ronald R. Cloutier with him) for the plaintiff.

Jerome P. Facher (John G. Fabiano with him) for Virgil C. Brink & others.

Richard Wait for The Paul Revere Corporation.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

The plaintiff challenges the reasonableness of a legal fee of $760,000 charged by the law firm of Hale and Dorr (the law firm), for representing Thompson Wire Company (Thompson Wire) in a tax deficiency proceeding in the United States Tax Court under § 531 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to unreasonable accumulations (the tax case). A judge of the Superior Court found that the fee "lies at the outer limit of the range of reason and fairness...

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