Legal Opinion
Fred Weber, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company, Shell Pipe Line Corporation, Amoco Oil Company and Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1977No. 77-1571, 77-1599 and 77-1616PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis trict of Missouri, 432 F.Supp. 694 (E.D.Mo. 1977), denying defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiff’s counsel. We affirm.
Background
Among the defendants in the present civil antitrust suit are Shell Oil Company (Shell) and American Oil Company (Amoco), which seek the disqualification of Lashly, Caruthers, Thies, Rava & Hamel (the Lashly firm) as counsel for plaintiff Fred Weber, Inc. (Weber).
The Lashly firm was counsel for some of Shell and Amoco’s codefendants in a prior criminal antitrust suit,…
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