Legal Opinion
Ontiveros v. Constable CA4/1
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 18, 2016No. D066412UnpublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALLER, J.
— Guadalupe A. Ontiveros, as the minority shareholder in Omega Electric, Inc. (Omega), sued majority shareholder Kent C. Constable, his wife (Karen Constable), and Omega, 1 asserting direct and derivative claims arising from a dispute over management of Omega and its assets. Karen Moskowitz and Thomas Regele (together, Counsel) represented all the defendants in the litigation. Ontiveros moved to disqualify Counsel on the basis they could not simultaneously represent all the defendants because his derivative claims against Omega rendered Omega and the Constables adverse to…
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