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ISTIM, INC. v. CHEM. BANK

78 N.Y.2d 342 (1991)

In the Matter of Istim, Inc., Respondent, v. Chemical Bank, Respondent, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony F. Phillips and Pamela Bannon Kelly for appellant.

Maralyn B. Fairberg for Istim, Inc., respondent.

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

HANCOCK, JR., J.

Both parties to this appeal claim a right to a settlement fund from a terminated Illinois Federal court action in which neither party was a litigant. Petitioner Istim, Inc.'s claim is based on a default judgment, and respondent law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher's claim is based on a disputed statutory attorney's charging lien. The issue before us is a choice-of-law question: whether the Illinois...

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