Legal Opinion
Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County v. Jelco Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1981No. 78-1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Jelco moved to disqualify the plaintiff’s law firm on the theory that the attorneys were suing their own client in violation of Canons 4, 5 and 9 of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the State of Oregon (1980).1 The trial judge denied the disqualification motion and Jelco appealed.
We treat the appeal as a petition for mandamus.
Jelco, based in Salt Lake City, was the prime contractor on a sewer plant project in Oregon. Teeples & Thatcher was the subcontractor for concrete work, and Ace Electric Co. was an electrical subcontractor. Kobin & Meyer is a Portland law…
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