SMWNPF HOLDINGS, INC. v. DEVORE

No. 97-11377.

165 F.3d 360 (1999)

SMWNPF HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stewart DEVORE, Jr.; Meg A. Carrell; and Devore & Carrell, P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O'Brien Clarke, Jr., Melissa Boys Kirgis, Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark C. Dangerfield, L. Richard Williams, Grant, Williams, Lake & Dangerfield, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge:

This diversity malpractice case comes to us after the grant of summary judgment in favor of attorney Stewart DeVore, Jr. ("DeVore") and his partner in the firm of DeVore, Nokes & Carrell, P.C., Meg A. Carrell ("Carrell") (collectively, "the Appellees").1 At the core of this case is the plaintiff's (SMWNPF Holdings,2 or "Holdings") assertion that it had formed an attorney-client relationship...

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