Legal Opinion
Southern Shipping Co. v. Oceans International
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1985No. 69019, 69020, 69021, 69022PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Judge.
These interlocutory appeals are from orders which disqualify an attorney from acting as trial counsel in the instant cases.
On October 18, 1982, Southern Shipping Company (Southern) filed a complaint against John D. Haupt, Williams & Haupt, P. C., and Smith & Kelly Company (Smith & Kelly). Mr. John W. Middleton was, at the time this suit was filed, the majority shareholder and president of Southern and also a minority stockholder of Smith & Kelly. Subsequently, on January 24, 1983, Southern filed another complaint, naming as defendants Oceans International Corporation, Smith &…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Clifton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Blumenfeld v. BorensteinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Fowler v. SheridanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Bugg v. Chevron Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1968
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