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DAWSON v. WHITE & CASE

88 N.Y.2d 666 (1996)

672 N.E.2d 589

649 N.Y.S.2d 364

Evan R. Dawson, Respondent, v. White & Case et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoguet Newman & Regal, LLP, New York City (Laura B. Hoguet of counsel), Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts (Edwin J. Wesely of counsel), and White & Case (Thomas McGanney, Claire M. Gallagher and Richard A. Nessler of counsel), for appellants.

Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, LLP, New York City (Leslie D. Corwin and Arthur J. Ciampi of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA and SMITH concur; Chief Judge KAYE and Judge LEVINE taking no part.

CIPARICK, J.

In 1988, the law firm of White & Case dissolved and then re-formed without one of its partners, Evan R. Dawson. This appeal presents two questions arising from an accounting pursuant to Partnership Law § 74 of Dawson's interest in White & Case: (i) whether the law firm possesses goodwill that can be distributed in an accounting proceeding; and (ii) whether the law firm's unfunded pension...

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