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KOPPEL v. WIEN

Nos. 1204, 1337, Dockets 83-9073, 84-7013.

743 F.2d 129 (1984)

Jay H. KOPPEL, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. v. Lawrence A. WIEN, Alvin S. Lane, and Wien, Lane & Malkin, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Mary GREENBAUM, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. v. Lawrence A. WIEN, Alvin S. Lane, and Wien, Lane & Malkin, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Labaton, New York City (Joseph Sternberg, Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Labaton, Alan E. Bandler, New York City, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Jamie B.W. Stecher, New York City (Stecher, Jaglom & Prutzman, Robert L. Laufer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before OAKES and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and MISHLER, District Judge.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue on this appeal is whether a lawsuit to prevent a proposed adverse modification of an agreement defining rights of participants in a real estate venture may entitle the plaintiffs to recover their attorney's fees for having conferred a benefit on the participants. The issue arises on an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin T. Duffy, Judge). Koppel v. Wien,...

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