Nelson v. Green Builders, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that motions to disqualify counsel “should be resolved with extreme caution because they may be used abusively as a litigation tactic”
• noting that although disqualifying counsel may serve to protect one attorney-client relationship, it eradicates the other by denying a party the representation it chose
• motions to disqualify counsel “should be resolved with extreme caution because they may be used abusively as a litigation tactic”
• reasonable to infer that confidential information was given to the attorney where the record contained evidence that the attorney’s advice was actually sought
• “In addressing a motion to disqualify, the threshold question is whether there existed an attorney-client relationship that subjected a lawyer to the ethical obligation of preserving confidential communications.” (collecting cases)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).