Legal Opinion
In Re Matter of Seymour A. Gopman. United States of America v. Seymour A. Gopman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1976No. 75--1560PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the trial judge erred when he disqualified Seymour A. Gopman, Esq., from simultaneously representing certain labor unions and three officials of these unions who had appeared as witnesses before a grand jury. We find no error, and affirm the order of disqualification entered below.
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This case arose in the context of a federal grand jury investigation of union activities in the Miami, Florida area. The general emphasis of this investigation was upon possible violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act…
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