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Seventh Circuit· 12/7/1977

Whiting Corp. v. White Machinery Corp.

Citations

  • 567 F.2d 713
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5728

How courts have described this case

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

  • the district court “possesses broad discretion in determining whether disqualification is required in a particular case.... ”
  • Law firm permitted to represent plaintiff in civil action even though it continued to represent a non-party corporation which owned 20% of defendant corporation and elected 40% of defendant’s board of directors in matters unrelated to the suit.
  • motion to disqualify plaintiff’s law firm denied but law firm’s representation of non-party touching upon the subject matter of litigation ordered curtailed where non-party corporation owned 20% of the stock and appointed 40% of the Board of Directors of defendant

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Judges: Castle, Cowen, Pell

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