Legal Opinion
Mateo v. Empire Gas Co.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided January 19, 2012No. Civil No. 11-1285 (SEC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SALVADOR E. CASELLAS, Senior District Judge.
Before the Court is pro hac vice attorneys Toby B. Fullmer and W. Douglas Matthews’ show cause response (Docket # 97), requesting this court not to set aside their pro hac vice admissions in the case at bar. After a comprehensive analysis of the meaning and purpose of this term, and because sanctioning Matthews and Fullmer’s six active pro hac vice appearances in this District would turn the meaning of this Latin phrase on its head, the Court finds their frequent appearances far from occasional, thus amounting to regular practice of…
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