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ADAMS, GEORGE, LEE, SCHULTE, & WARD v. WESTINGHOUSE

No. 77-1650.

597 F.2d 570 (1979)

ADAMS, GEORGE, LEE, SCHULTE, & WARD, P. A., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Ward, Amy Shield Levine, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

James F. Comander, Eugene Heiman, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before TUTTLE, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is one of those rare cases in which a law firm sues its client for attorneys' fees. The case is complicated by the fact that the attorney plaintiffs retained possession, under what they call a "retaining lien," of $300,000 in cash which they recovered for the client, against a claimed fee of $75,000. It is further complicated by the fact that they kept the client's money in a non-interest-bearing "trust account" and now claim a right to...

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