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HEHER v. SMITH, STRATTON, WISE, HEHER AND BRENNAN

785 A.2d 907 (2001)

170 N.J. 213

Garrett M. HEHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMITH, STRATTON, WISE, HEHER AND BRENNAN, A New Jersey general partnership, William J. Brennan, III, Hugh D. Wise, Jr., Henry S. Broad, John Robert Heher, Arthur S. Lane, Christopher S. Tarr, Ann Reichelderfer, Alexander P. Waugh, Jr., Wendy L. Mager, Richard J. Pinto, Brian P. Sullivan, Suzanne M. McSorley, Marsha E. Novick, Robert C. Johnston, Peter R. Freed, Thomas E. Hastings, Elizabeth R. Salasko, Dorothy Fecht Luntey, David J. Sorin, James Scott Hill, Robert P. Gorman, Edwin B. Kagan, Robert D. Frawley, Diane M. Frenier, Ellen O'Connell, Paul H. Shur, William E. Mcgrath, Jr., Thomas E. Schorr, Yale H. Bohn And Gerald D. Wixted, Defendants-Respondents, and Todd D. Johnston, Robert A. White, Edward J. Geoghegan and John Doe and Jane Doe, said names being fictitious, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Francis, Jr., argued the cause for appellant (Drinker, Biddle & Shanley, attorneys; Garrett M. Heher, pro se, on the briefs).

William B. McGuire argued the cause for respondents (Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, Newark, attorneys; Marianne M. DeMarco, on the letter in lieu of brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a notice defense contained in a law firm's Partnership Agreement (Agreement) should be disallowed based on special circumstances and equities reflected in the long and tortuous procedural history of the case. We hold that, on this record, the notice requirement in the Agreement is not enforceable.

I.

Plaintiff, Garrett M. Heher, was a partner in the...

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