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PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON v. WESTERGAARD

75 N.Y.2d 755 (1989)

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Appellant, v. Louis Westergaard, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Blumstein and Maria H. Bainor for appellant.

Robert M. Stolz and Brian E. Maas for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

This is an action to recover for legal services. The plaintiff law firm billed its client, a limited partnership, for a fee, a portion of which the limited partnership paid. The effort in this action to recover the balance of the fee from the individual shareholder of a corporate participant in the limited partnership must be rejected...

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