General Electric Co.

"This matter comes before the court without oral argument, on plaintiff General Electric’s request for review, under Rule 53, of the order (of September 13, 1977) of Trial Judge Browne disqualifying plaintiffs attorney, Ronald R. Snider, from participating on behalf of plaintiff in the scheduled trial of this patent case.

"Until December 1976 Mr. Snider was an attorney in the Patent Section of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. As such, he represented the United States in another, unrelated patent suit (involving another patent and other issues) brought by plaintiff General…