Northern Metals, LLC v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Crow Wing Recycling, Inc.,...

Syllabus

This is an interlocutory appeal from a district court order disqualifying attorneys from representing a defendant in an environmental action brought by the attorneys' former client. Appellants Crow Wing Recycling, Inc., d/b/a Nordic Metals, LLC (Crow Wing Recycling) and Crow Wing Recycling's attorneys, who are also parties to this appeal, contend that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to consider the disqualification motion of the former client, respondent Northern Metals, LLC, and abused its discretion in determining that the attorneys are disqualified from representing Crow Wing Recycling. We reject both arguments and affirm.