Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 23, 1981No. Civ. 20196PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CARR, J.
By petition for writ of mandate plaintiffs seek relief from an order of the trial court granting defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ law firm from further representing plaintiffs in the underlying action.
Confronting us is an issue of first impression in this state on vicarious disqualification of a former government employee’s current law firm. We view the issue in light of substantial countervailing policy concerns and conclude that vicarious disqualification under the facts of this case was unwarranted and an abuse of discretion.
On January 23, 1978, petitioners,…
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