In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Stephen J. Schlegel, Esq., a member of the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee (“PMC”) in the “Agent Orange” product liability litigation, moved in this Court for an order disqualifying the law firm of Ash-craft & Gerel (“Ashcraft”) and the Law Offices of Benton Musslewhite (“Mussle-white”), Inc., from representing in the captioned appeals certain class members and other plaintiffs who challenge the settlement of the litigation approved by the district court. Schlegel contends principally that Ashcraft and Musslewhite, as a result of their prior representation of parties…