Legal Opinion
Sullivan County Regional Refuse Disposal District v. Town of Acworth
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 5, 1996No. 95-577PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroderick, J.
The plaintiff, the Sullivan County Regional Refuse Disposal District (district), brings this interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s (Smukler, J.) denial of a motion to disqualify counsel for the defendant, the Town of Acworth (town), under Rule 1.9 of the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct (Rule 1.9). See Sup. Ct. R. 8. The trial court found that the town’s attorney had previously represented the district, and that his current representation of the town involved substantially related matters, materially adverse to the district’s interests. The trial court nevertheless…
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