Legal Opinion
Michael F. Armstrong v. Clovis McAlpin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1980No. 745, Docket 79-7042PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In this en banc proceeding, we are called upon to consider two significant issues: the appealability of orders denying a motion to disqualify an attorney and the standard to be applied by the trial judge in ruling upon such motions. Clovis McAlpin and Capital Growth Real Estate Fund, Inc., two of numerous defendants in a suit seeking over $24 million for violation of federal securities laws, appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Henry F. Werker, J., denying their motion to disqualify the law firm representing plaintiffs. The appeal was…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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