Legal Opinion
Williams v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 8, 1984No. 81-0790-CV-W-9, 81-0792-CV-W-9PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER DISQUALIFYING PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL
BARTLETT, District Judge.
On April 4, 1983, defendant Trans World Airlines (TWA) filed a motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ attorneys, the law firm of Linde, Thomson, Fairchild, Langworthy, Kohn and Van Dyke (the Linde, Thomson firm). Because of an imminent trial setting, a hearing was held on short notice on April 22, 1983, and the Court tentatively ruled that plaintiffs’ counsel should be disqualified. At plaintiffs’ request, a second hearing was held on October 7, 1983.
The issue presented here is whether the law firm representing plaintiffs…
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