Legal Opinion
Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1980No. Nos. 76-2373, 78-2386PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
The case began amid a flurry of claims, counterclaims, and cross-claims. The thirty-three day trial of the action spawned a record of twenty-five volumes as well as the eleven briefs submitted on appeal. Out of this morass emerge questions involving the right to the effective assistance of hired counsel in a civil case, and the disqualification of a trial court judge from participation in the proceeding before him. Our resolution of the issues requires us to reverse this case on two separate grounds.
Our first ground for reversal results from the trial court judge’s failure…
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