Legal Opinion
In Re Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1984No. 84-1746PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Ford Motor Co. seeks review of a pretrial order entered in the District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas denying Ford’s motion to disqualify counsel representing the plaintiff in a products liability suit against Ford. Ford requests this court to issue a writ of mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651 directing the district court to grant the motion to disqualify. For the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.
Respondent Winslow Drummond is a member of the McMath law firm in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is counsel for the plaintiff…
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