Legal Opinion
Eleanor Groper v. Barry P. Taff
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 7, 1983No. 83-1595PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
MOTION FOR STAY
2Per curiam
This is an interlocutory appeal from a district court order granting defendant’s motion to disqualify plaintiffs trial counsel from further representation in the underlying action. The appeal presents two questions: whether an order disqualifying counsel is a “final decision” appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and, if so, whether the district court’s order was reasonable under the circumstances presented in this case. We conclude that the order is immediately ap-pealable and affirm.
I. Factual Background
The facts in this case, which we draw from the parties’…
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