Legal Opinion
First Wisconsin Mortgage Trust v. First Wisconsin Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 1978No. 77-1786PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two novel issues involving the effect of an order disqualifying counsel: whether substitute counsel is entitled to have access to the predisqualification work product of prior counsel; and, in the first instance, whether this court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the dis*392trict court’s order denying such access. Finding that this court has jurisdiction to consider this appeal, we affirm.
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Plaintiff First Wisconsin Mortgage Trust (Trust) was established in 1971 under the sponsorship of defendant First Wisconsin Corporation (FWC). Trust is…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- International Business Machines Corp. v. LevinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Realco Services, Inc. v. HoltDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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