MARSHALL v. BICKEL

No. 80-1214.

445 A.2d 606 (1982)

Miller MARSHALL, Appellant, v. Joseph BICKEL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fortune Fay, Olney, Md., for appellant.

G. William Scott, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

In this appeal of the trial court's grant of appellee's motion for summary judgment, it is alleged that (1) the trial court erred in finding that the contingent fee agreement between appellant and appellee was champertous and void as against public policy; (2) the rule denying enforcement of champertous contracts should be discarded in light of modern circumstances; (3) the acquisition of a "proprietary interest" in the subject matter of the...

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