Legal Opinion
In Re Epic Holdings, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1998No. 96-1131PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hecht
in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, Justice ABBOTT, Justice REX D. DAVIS (Assigned),1 and Justice STEPHEN B. ABLES (Assigned)2 join.
Three corporations and their former chief executive officer, defendants in certain pending litigation, contend in these two original mandamus proceedings that the lawyers representing plaintiff should be disqualified from doing so because they have violated Rule 1.09 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, which provides in pertinent part:(a)Without prior consent, a lawyer who personally has formerly represented a client in a matter…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Spears v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1990
- NCNB Texas National Bank v. CokerTexas Supreme Court · 1989
- National Medical Enterprises, Inc. v. GodbeyTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Ayres v. CanalesTexas Supreme Court · 1990
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Syntek Finance Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by167 opinions
- State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Appeals at TexarkanaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- In Re McAllen Medical Center, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2008
- In Re SandersTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- Johnson v. Structured Asset Services, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
- In Re Users System Services, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1999
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