Legal Opinion
AMBAC Indemnity Corp. v. Bankers Trust Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Baer, Jr., J.
This motion to disqualify counsel is directed against one of *53this country’s most prestigious law firms, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and is made on behalf of the defendant, Bankers Trust Company, one of the country’s leading financial institutions. The presentations by both sides are of a quality one would naturally expect, but they have not alleviated the difficulty of the task before this court. Nonetheless, following a detailed analysis of the facts and the law, the motion is denied.
The motion was brought on in March of this year by order to show cause.…
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- C.A.M., S.P.A. v. E.B. Marks Music, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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