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ROGERS v. EDWARDS

No. 5-73-Civil-128.

413 F.Supp. 933 (1975)

Ida J. ROGERS, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles B. Rogers, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rodney J. EDWARDS and James R. Fitzharris, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

July 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Paul Thieman, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., and Paul R. Hamerston, Duluth, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., and James F. Bodin, Duluth, Minn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

At issue in this declaratory judgment action between heirs of two deceased lawyers and other lawyers is the interpretation of a contract between the two groups of lawyers providing for sharing of attorneys' fees following successful prosecution of claims before the Indian Claims Commission.

Diversity of citizenship and requisite amount in controversy establish jurisdiction. The case was tried to the court...

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