Legal Opinion
First Wisconsin Mortgage Trust v. First Wisconsin Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 1978No. 77-1786PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The ultimate, and apparently first impression, issue in this appeal, stated as simply as possible is whether, when attorneys are judicially determined to have been disqualified to represent a client because of prior simultaneous representation of that client’s adversary in litigation, the written product of lawyer work1 performed during the period of disqualification may be made available to successor counsel., The answer to this issue, in our opinion, is not a per se preclusion but must be a flexible one based upon an examination of the particular facts of the case under…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- EF Hutton & Company v. BrownDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1969
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Nancy S. Bradshaw, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. Zoological Society of San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Dr. Chester A. Wilk v. American Medical Association, the State of New York, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Cardona v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1996
- In Re GeorgeTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Ez Paintr Corporation v. Padco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
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