Legal Opinion
Reading Anthracite Co. v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 1, 1991No. 91-1898PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAHN, District Judge.
In this RICO action, the plaintiffs have moved to disqualify counsel for the defendants Swatara Coal Company (“Swatara”), Winnie Land Company (“Winnie”), and James J. Curran Jr. (“Curran Jr.”). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
Reading Anthracite Company (“RAC”) instituted this RICO 1 action with a six-count complaint, alleging, in part, that the defendant Curran Jr., formerly Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of RAC, engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity during his tenure as CEO of RAC. At all…
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