Legal Opinion
Patton Boggs LLP v. Chevron Corporation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 8, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2011-0799PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.
Patton Boggs, LLP, brings this action against Chevron Corporation and Chevron’s counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, seeking a declaratory judgment that Patton Boggs’s representation of parties adverse to Chevron in other courts does not violate standards of professional conduct such that Patton Boggs could be disqualified from participating in those cases. Patton Boggs also presents claims of tortious interference and civil conspiracy against both defendants. Before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss [# 10], which argues that…
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