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PILIE & PILIE v. METZ

No. 88-C-0707.

547 So.2d 1305 (1989)

PILIÉ & PILIÉ v. Donna Graham, wife of/and Timothy METZ.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Arnaud Pilié, New Orleans, for respondent.

Stephen Murray, Patricia Murray, New Orleans, for applicants.

DENNIS, Justice.

We are called upon to determine the res judicata or claim preclusion effect of a federal diversity court judgment upon an action brought in the court of a state other than the one in which the diversity court sat. A law firm sued its former client for additional legal fees pursuant to a contingent fee contract and for breach of contract damages after having been awarded a substantial percentage of the client's personal injury recovery by a federal...

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