BOND v. BLUM

Nos. 02-1139, 02-1219, 02-1231, 02-1288.

317 F.3d 385 (2003)

William C. BOND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth BLUM, Sr.; Kenneth Blum, Jr.; Dudley F.B. Hodgson; McDaniel, Bennett & Griffin; Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC; Christopher W. Nicholson; William Slavin, Defendants-Appellees. William C. Bond, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC, Defendant-Appellant, and Kenneth Blum, Sr.; Kenneth Blum, Jr.; Dudley F.B. Hodgson; McDaniel, Bennett & Griffin, Defendants. William C. Bond, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC, Defendant-Appellee, and Kenneth Blum, Sr.; Kenneth Blum, Jr.; Dudley F.B. Hodgson; McDaniel, Bennett & Griffin, Defendants. William C. Bond, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. McDaniel, Bennett & Griffin, Defendant-Appellant, and Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC; Kenneth Blum, Sr.; Kenneth Blum, Jr.; Dudley F.B. Hodgson, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Howard J. Schulman, Schulman & Kaufman, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. William Fitts Ryan, Jr., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland; Andrew Radding, Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Amy E. Askew, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland; J. Andrew McKinney, Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland; Gerard P. Martin, Thy C. Pham, Martin, Snyder & Bernstein, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland; Kathryn M. Goldman, Jiranek, Goldman & Minton, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge.

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