Trone v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the substantial relationship test does not require that the issues in the two representations be identical
• “[The lawyer’s] professional commitment is not furthered, but endangered, if the possibility exists that the lawyer will change sides later in a substantially related matter.”
• “It is the possibility of the breach of confidence, not the fact of the breach, that triggers disqualification”
• “Once the attorney is found to be disqualified, both the attorney and the attorney’s firm are disqualified from suing the former client.”
• “Both the fact and appearance of total professional commitment are endangered by adverse representation in related cases.”
• “The substantial relationship test does not require that the issues in the two representations be identical.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gregori v. Bank of America
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-01-20· cited 107×
• Erickson v. Newmar Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-06-18· cited 70×
• In Re Asbestos Cases
  E.D. Virginia· 1981-05-06· cited 38×
• Houston v. Schomig
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-22· cited 27×
• Western Sugar Coop. v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
  C.D. California· 2015-02-13· cited 17×
• FMC Technologies, Inc. v. Edwards
  W.D. Washington· 2006-03-13· cited 14×
• Warpar Manufacturing Corp. v. Ashland Oil, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 1984-12-21· cited 12×
• Oxford Systems, Inc. v. CellPro, Inc.
  W.D. Washington· 1999-04-22· cited 7×
• Terrebonne, Ltd. of California v. Murray
  E.D. California· 1998-01-23· cited 5×
• Fluidmaster, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-06-26· cited 5×
• North Pacifica, LLC v. City of Pacifica
  N.D. California· 2004-09-16· cited 4×
• Beltran v. Avon Products, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2012-06-01· cited 4×
• Andric v. California
  C.D. California· 1999-06-22· cited 3×
• United States v. Chong
  D. Hawaii· 1999-03-22· cited 3×
• County of Los Angeles v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-08-31· cited 3×
• In Re Muscle Improvement, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2010-08-31· cited 2×
• Noguera v. Davis
  C.D. California· 2017-11-17· cited 2×
• United States v. Ketner
  C.D. California· 2005-05-12
• Houston v. Schomig
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-21
• Disqualification of Prosecutor Because of Former Representation
  Office of Legal Counsel· 1985-01-11

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• The Government of India and the Food Corporation of India v. Cook Industries, Inc. And Cook and Company
  Second Circuit· 1978-01-13· cited 280×
• Mitchell v. Ingram
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 231×
• Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corporation and Chrysler Realty Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1975-05-23· cited 225×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,675 James M. Richardson v. Hamilton International Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1972-11-17· cited 166×
• Trone v. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-06-23· cited 161×
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Gulf Oil Corporation, and United Nuclear Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-12-08· cited 159×
• Haste v. American Home Products Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1978-11-06· cited 151×
• Emle Industries, Inc. v. Patentex, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1973-05-09· cited 137×
• The Nck Organization Ltd. And William E. Greene, Jr. v. Walter W. Bregman
  Second Circuit· 1976-09-07· cited 133×
• Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-07-25· cited 127×
• Dr. Ing. Max Schloetter v. Railoc of Indiana, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-12-01· cited 111×
• Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium A/s v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Gist-Brocades Fermentation Industries, Inc., and Gist-Brocades N. V.
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-08-16· cited 104×
• E. L. Cord, Etc. v. Calvin J. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 1964-11-04· cited 101×
• Gas-A-Tron of Arizona and Coinoco v. Union Oil Company of California, Petrol Stops Northwest v. Continental Oil Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-04-29· cited 100×
• Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1974-04-25· cited 82×
• Chugach Electric Ass'n v. United States District Court
  Ninth Circuit· 1966-12-22· cited 43×
• Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co.
  S.D. New York· 1977-06-30· cited 20×
• Omni Developments, Inc. v. Porter
  S.D. Florida· 1978-11-06· cited 10×
• United States v. State Of Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-04-24· cited 4×