TAX AUTHORITY, INC. v. JACKSON HEWITT, INC.


898 A.2d 512 (2006)

187 N.J. 4

The TAX AUTHORITY, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, and LeMaire-McCumsey Group, Inc.; Integrity Accounting Services, Inc.; Tax Pros II, Inc.; Tax Pros of Indiana, Inc.; Tax Pros of Tennessee, Inc.; Tax Pros I, Inc.; The Fairlington Group, Inc.; J/Tax Orlando, Inc.; Wing Financial Services, LLC.; Mid-Atlantic Tax Service, Inc.; Sirrah, Inc.; Jackson Hewitt of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc.; The Schiesel Family, Inc.; Red Cent East, Inc.; Red Cent, Inc.; Night & Day, Inc.; Super Tax Corporation; The Tax Firm, L.L.C.; Gale York, Inc.; Mandeep Sobti and Anjeet Sobti; 1040, Inc.; Crescent City Tax Service, Inc.; Rosie M. Conrad and Morris L. Conrad; Robert Frost Nickerson; Tax Prep, Inc.; Valley Consulting, LLC; Spraggins Group, Inc.; Tax Doctor, Inc.; Janet L. Bunch; V.R. Rawley Company, Inc.; Maximun Deductions, Inc.; Petra Enterprises, Inc.; Joseph P. O'Rourke; Crimmen & Semlitsch, Inc.; Thomas Ryan d/b/a A&S Company; Visalli Enterprises, LLC; Northern Oklahoma Tax & Business Service, LLC; Tax Professionals Of America, Inc.; The Whittington Companies, Inc.; JT Financial Services, LLC; Evelyn R. Matherne; Brian M. Desiderio; Thomas E. Webb; Alabama Fast Tax, Inc.; It Makes Cents, Inc.; Chestax Company; Ronald P. Weber; Tax Partners, LLC; JHL Tax Service, Inc.; Richard Richards, Trustee of Richards Family Trust; Technosoft, Inc.; David Lee Henry; Fastax, Inc.; Judy Hooker; Michael E. Krempp; Gunwant S. Rekhi; Bhupindar S. Rekhi; Jennifer Carr; H&T Tax Service, Inc.; Gorba, Inc.; We Tax & Financial Services, LLC; DAC Tax Service, Inc.; Bayside Tax Service, Inc.; Michael R. Daugherty; James L. Fullerton and Jean E. Fullerton; Ktrain, Inc.; Cinbert, Inc.; TKA Ventures, Inc.; Fastax Services, Inc.; Comprehensive Business Accounting, Inc.; Individual Taxes, Etc., Inc., Carolina Tax Service, Inc.; CRCNS, Inc.; Sofar, Inc.; Money Matters, LLC; CK Ventures, Inc.; Pelicans III, Inc.; Brits, Inc.; Centax, Inc.; John R. McClaskey; Todd R. Forester and Therese A. Jean; BNS Enterprises, Inc.; GST and Company, LLC.; Accounting To You, Inc.; Carolyn Koehler; Moore Tax Service, Inc.; J.H. Developer's, Inc.; G. Scott Leader; Ivy Enterprises, Inc.; U.File, LLC.; SSC Holding Company; KE Farmer Enterprises, Inc.; Melinda Megahee d/b/a Taxmax; E Tax Service, Inc.; Metro Computax Services, Inc.; Income Tax Office of John J. Poltonowicz, Inc.; J and C Tax Service, Inc., Gerald Breunig and Diane Rohrbach d/b/a B-R Tax Service; Judy A. Benitscheck; Maray, Inc.; Buffington Tax Service, Inc.; Irving R. McMillian; Lewis & Company, Inc.; Don B. Taylor; TGW Corp.; Metro-East Accounting Inc.; Olsen & Thompson Tax Service; JFB Financial Services; Lindsey Enterprises, Inc.; William Hallum and Linda Hallum; Upstate Tax Service Inc.; Jordan Anderson, Inc.; Robert D. Williams; VNE Corporation; Wisconsin Tax Specialist, Inc.; Nuzzo Enterprises, Inc.; Arkay Resources, Inc.; JH Buckeye, Inc.; IV Tax Inc.; Tax Professionals, Inc.; Deborah A. Renfro; Barbour Enterprises, Inc.; Robert B. Nunemacher; T&C Tax Services, Inc.; Ankit Patel and Rajula Patel; Accounting Associates, Inc.; Elle, Inc.; Robert W. Duvall; Phillip L. Graham; Brattain, Inc.; Craig W. Kobylasz; Taxes Unlimited, Inc.; ASK Tax, Inc.; IAI Corporation; LCB Tax Associates, Inc.; Pierce Principle Ventures, Inc.; Cama Enterprises, Inc.; Speed Filing Inc.; Suncoast Financial Solutions, Inc.; Fontaine & Associates, Inc.; Carol Bauman and Kenneth Allen; Stella G. McAnally; Yolanda Brown; James W. Collins; Khjh, LLC; B. Gregory Whaley; Maryland Samco, Inc.; Maurin Financial Services, Inc.; Karen Lance; Scott E. Enterprises, Inc.; Babze Group, Inc.; Joseph A. Tyson, Jr.; and Cerl, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. JACKSON HEWITT, INC. a Virginia Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Pacific Capital Bank, N.A., a National Banking Association d/b/a Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Dienelt, a member of the District of Columbia bar, argued the cause for appellant (Pitney Hardin, attorneys; Dennis R. LaFiura, Florham Park, on the briefs).

Norman Shabel, Mount Laurel, argued the cause for respondent (Shabel & DeNittis, attorneys; Stephen P. DeNittis, Marlton, on the brief).


Justice WALLACE, JR. delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue presented is whether our Rule of Professional Conduct (RPC) 1.8(g) prohibits an attorney who represents more than one client from entering into an aggregate settlement of the clients' claims without each client consenting to the settlement after its terms are known. In the present case, an attorney agreed to represent 154 individual franchisee-plaintiffs in their claims against franchisor...

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