Legal Opinion
Higdon v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 1, 1991No. Docket Nos. F014568, F014569PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VARTABEDIAN, J.
Once a court commissioner resigns and joins a law firm, under what circumstances, if not in all instances, should the firm be disqualified from representing a party to an action which, in any contested part, was heard by the former commissioner? The instant consolidated petitions for writ of mandate present this question.
Both of the underlying actions are marital dissolution proceedings in which then Court Commissioner William T. Helms heard and decided contested matters. Upon his subsequent resignation, Helms accepted employment as an associate with the law firm of…
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