State Ex Rel. Cohen v. Riley

RONNIE L. WHITE, Judge.

Relators are three attorneys who are defendants in an action, pending before Respondent, that seeks to enjoin them from contacting current clients of plaintiff law firm, the former employer of Relator, Mr. Cohen. Following the issuance of a preliminary injunction, Relators moved for a change of judge under Rule 51.05, an application which was denied as untimely. Upon Relators’ petition, this Court entered its alternative order in mandamus requiring Respondent to sustain that motion. Because we find that the preliminary injunction hearing held here was not a trial on the…