Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis C. Ostrer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 23, 1979No. 486, Docket 78-1318PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York disqualifyix g Michael B. Pollack, Esq., from representing appellant in a pending criminal prosecution. The ground for disqualification was that, while employed as a Government attorney, Pollack had participated in criminal investigations so related to the present action 1 that he now is in a position to use information obtained during those investigations to aid his present client. We affirm.
From 1970 to 1975, Pollack was employed by the Department of…
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