GLAZER v. J. C. BRADFORD & CO.

No. 78-2413.

616 F.2d 167 (1980)

Morris M. GLAZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. C. BRADFORD AND COMPANY, a partnership, J. C. Bradford and Company, Inc. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Speer Mabry, III, Ervin H. Gerson, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein, J. Rodgers Lunsford, III, George B. Haley, Jr., Kevin B. Buice, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before INGRAHAM, RONEY and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The decision in this case is controlled by the established principle of Georgia law that a client is bound by his attorney's agreement to settle a lawsuit, even though the attorney may not have had express authority to settle, if the opposing party was unaware of any limitation on the attorney's apparent authority. Thus, in this suit for brokerage commissions, the district court correctly entered summary judgment for defendants who had reached an agreed...

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