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National Medical Enterprises, Inc. v. Godbey

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1996No. 95-0401PublishedCited by 146 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHecht, Justice

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, CORNYN, SPECTOR, OWEN and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.

Two questions are raised by this original mandamus proceeding. One is whether a *124lawyer is disqualified from representing plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a corporation if another lawyer in the same firm, who, while retained by the corporation to represent an ex-employee in matters substantially related to the lawsuit, received from the corporation information that he is obliged to treat as confidential. The other is whether, in the circumstances before us, the lawsuit against the corporation is…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. United States v. Robert McPartlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  3. Analytica, Incorporated v. Npd Research, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Appeals of Schwartz & Freeman and Pressman and Hartunian ChtdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Spears v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Charles Glueck v. Jonathan Logan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by146 opinions

  1. In Re McAllen Medical Center, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Meyer v. CatheyTexas Supreme Court · 2005
  3. In Re DoeTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  4. In Re Epic Holdings, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
  5. In Re SandersTexas Supreme Court · 2004

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