Legal Opinion

Eccles v. Nelson

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 27, 2006No. 5D05-3423PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMonaco, J.

The petitioner, Karen Eccles, seeks cer-tiorari review of an order disqualifying her attorney, George W. Salter, from representing her at the trial of a will contest below. Because we find no departure from the essential requirements of law in the trial court’s order disqualifying Mr. Salter, we deny the petition.

We note at the outset that an order ruling on a motion to disqualify a party’s chosen counsel is renewable by certiorari. See Schultz v. Schultz, 783 So.2d 329 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Eggers v. Eggers, 776 So.2d 1096 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). Certiora-ri relief, however, should not be…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  2. Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. De Jonge v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Bates v. City of Little RockSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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