Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad

MEMORANDUM

MUNLEY, District Judge.

Presently before the Court for disposition is Defendant Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Company’s motion to disqualify Janssen & Keenan, P.C. as counsel for Plaintiff Norfolk Southern Railway Company in the present case. This matter has been fully briefed and is ripe for disposition. For the following reasons, we will grant the motion and disqualify Janssen & Keenan.

I. Background

On May 1, 2003, Janssen & Keenan filed the Complaint on behalf of Norfolk against Reading in the instant action. On June 3, 2003, Charles Howard Esq. of Gollatz, Griffen, &…