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· 7/27/1982

Paul W. Kessenich v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Rosenthal & Company v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Paul W. Kessenich, Intervenor

Citations

  • 684 F.2d 88
  • 221 U.S. App. D.C. 314
  • 35 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 176
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 17105

How courts have described this case

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

  • concern for integrity of proceedings and public confidence in legal process may require disqualification of counsel where DR 9-101(B) and Ethics Act violations are present
  • “the possibility that continued representation may be illegal [under the Ethics Act] militates strongly in favor of disqualification in order to maintain the integrity of this court’s processes”
  • “We do not intend to intimate that attorney Burr has not acted with integrity and candor.”

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Judges: Per Curiam, Tamm, Wilkey

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