Legal Opinion
James K. J. CHENG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GAF CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 26, 1980No. 1199, Docket 80-7254PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
James K. J. Cheng appeals from an order entered in the United States District Court for the. Southern District of New York (Owen, J.) denying his motion to disqualify the law firm representing his opponent, GAF Corporation. Cheng argued below that because one of the attorneys employed by the law firm representing GAF previously had been employed by the legal services office representing Cheng, disqualification was necessary to avoid violations of various Canons of the American Bar Association Code of Professional Responsibility (“ABA Code”). The district court,…
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