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DARDOVITCH v. HALTZMAN

Nos. 98-1421, 98-1422, 98-1452.

190 F.3d 125 (1999)

Nick DARDOVITCH v. Mark S. HALTZMAN, Esquire; Catherine A. Backos, As Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust; Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc. Mark S. Haltzman, Appellant in No. 98-1421 Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire; Catherine A. Backos, as trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust; Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc. Mark S. Haltzman, Appellant in No. 98-1422 Nick Dardovitch, Appellant in No. 98-1452 v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire; Catherine A. Backos, As Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust; Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Donley (Argued), Patrick W. Kittredge, Glenn E. Davis, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embrick, Philadelphia, PA, for Mark S. Haltzman.

Cletus P. Lyman (Argued), Michael S. Fettner, Lyman & Ash, Philadelphia, PA, for Nick Dardovitch.

Steven R. Sparks (Argued), Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach & Monte, A Professional Corporation, Media, PA, for Catherine A. Backos, as trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates Trust and Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and ROSENN Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

These cross-appeals present interesting questions concerning the amount-in-controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction, the extent to which an attorney holding a contingent-fee agreement may charge additional fees for collecting the proceeds of a settlement or judgment, and the proper administration of trusts by trustees and the beneficiaries' remedies for errors therein under Pennsylvania law. The principal...

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