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FARROW v. CAHILL

No. 79-1817.

663 F.2d 201 (1980)

Harold R. FARROW v. Robert V. CAHILL and Joel R. Kaswell, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate A. Martin, Washington, D. C., with whom Michael Nussbaum and Lucien Hilmer, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Jay L. Cohen, Washington, D. C., with whom Fred Israel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILKEY, WALD and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, two Washington lawyers, ask us to reverse the district court's decision to enforce a written agreement they reached with an Oakland, California, law firm, their former employer, to buy that firm's Washington branch office. Their most meritorious contention is that the District of Columbia Statute of Frauds bars enforcement of the agreement. We disagree and affirm.<...

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