Legal Opinion
Banov v. Kennedy
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1997No. 95-SP-1164, 95-SP-1167PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge.
Alan Banov, the petitioner, seeks a writ of mandamus to the trial court directing it to permit Banov to withdraw from a case in which he claimed a conflict of interest as well as various irreconcilable differences with his client. Because we conclude that the trial court has exceeded its authority in denying Banov’s renewed motion to withdraw from representation of his client, the mandamus relief Banov seeks is appropriate.
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Mary Ann White-Pickering, who is deaf and does not speak, suffers from a mental impairment affecting her short-term memory that arose from an…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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