EXHIBIT 5
                               
                               
                               
                               
                      OPINION ON LEGALITY                               
                               
                               










                       POULTON & YORDAN
                       ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                  4 TRIAD CENTER, SUITE 500-A
                  SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84180
                        (801) 355-1341

                               
                               
                               
                       October 24, 1996
                               
                               
                               
  Board of Directors
  Litigation Economics, Inc.
  227 South Ninth Avenue
  Pocatello, Idaho  83201
  
  Re:     Opinion and Consent of Counsel with respect to 
     Registration Statement on Form SB-2
  
  Gentlemen:
  
     You have requested the opinion and consent of this law firm, as
  counsel, with respect to the proposed issuance and public distribution of
  certain securities of the Company pursuant to the filing of a registration
  statement on Form SB-2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
     The proposed offering and public distribution relates to 100,000
  shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), to be
  offered and sold to the public at a price of $1.00 per share.  It is our
  opinion that the shares of Common Stock will, when issued in accordance
  with the terms  and conditions set forth in the registration statement, be
  duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of
  common stock of the Company in accordance with the corporation laws of the
  State of Nevada.
  
     We hereby consent to be named as counsel for the Company in the
  registration statement and prospectus included therein.
  
                              Very truly yours,
  
                              POULTON & YORDAN
  
                            /S/ Cletha A. Walstrand

                                Cletha A. Walstrand
  CAW/jt