Legal Opinion
Cardinale v. Golinello
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1977PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*292OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
There was no abuse of discretion when the courts below held that appellants’ counsel were disqualified from further representing appellants because of an impermissible conflict of interest.
The question of attorney disqualification which is the subject of the present appeal was raised by defendant Golinello’s motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ attorneys from representing them in this action. The underlying litigation between the clients had its genesis in the purchase by defendant Golinello of the capital stock of Cross County Sanitation Corp., a company engaged in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Edelman v. LevyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- Seaward v. TaskerNew York Supreme Court · 1913
- Seaward v. TaskerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
3Cited by163 opinions
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