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“absent a threat of taint to the trial, we continue to believe that possible ethical conflicts surfacing during the litigation are generally better addressed by the comprehensive machinery of the state and federal bar”
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In Re Estate of Chuong
f the order granting disqualification is erroneous, correcting it with an appeal at the end of the case might well ... an almost insurmountable burden
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MMR/Wallace Power & Industrial, Inc. v. Thames Associates
absent a threat of taint to the trial, we continue to believe that possible ethical conflicts surfacing during the litigation are generally better addressed by the comprehensive machinery of the state and federal bar
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United States v. Armaza
See Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp., 518 F.2d 751, 754-56 (2d Cir.1975), overruled on other grounds by Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980), vacated and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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JPMorgan Chase Bank Ex Rel. Mahonia Ltd. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980), overruled on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981) (alleged conflict arose from use by plaintiff of a law firm whose members included a former SEC assistant director who had been involved in SEC’s action against movant defendant); Board of Educ. v. Nyquist, 590 F.2d 1241 (2d Cir.1979) (alleged conflict arose from lawyer for an association representing one set of members of a union that provided financial support for that association in a dispute against another set of members of the union); Glueck v. Jonatha…
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Brown v. City of Oneonta
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 445-46 (2d Cir.1980) (in banc), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); see also Bottaro v. Hatton Assocs., 680 F.2d 895 , 896-97 (2d Cir.1982).
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National Union Fire Insurance v. L.E. Myers Co. Group
See generally Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 444 (2d Cir.1980) (adopting a restrained approach to disqualification), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Dworkin v. General Motors Corp.
(2×)
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 606 F.2d 28, 34 (2d Cir.1979) (stating that “there is no effective way to prevent an upward adjustment of the disqualified attorney’s salary, if he is an associate, or share of all other firm earnings, if he is a partner”), vacated, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980), vacated, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Decora Inc. v. DW Wallcovering, Inc.
See Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp., 518 F.2d 751, 756-57 (2d Cir.1975), overruled on other grounds by Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980), vacated and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); Cheng, 631 F.2d at 1056-57 .
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United States v. Gotti
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 , 446 n. 26 (2d Cir. 1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); United States v. Wallert, 733 F.Supp. 570, 572 (E.D.N.Y.1990), aff'd without op., 935 F.2d 1278 (2d Cir.1991).
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Papanicolaou v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
See *1087 Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 445 (2d Cir.1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); Manning v. Waring, Cox, James, Sklar & Allen, 849 F.2d 222, 225-26 (6th Cir.1988); cf. Cheng v. GAF Corp., 631 F.2d 1052, 1057-59 (2d Cir.1980), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 450 U.S. 903 , 101 S.Ct. 1338 , 67 L.Ed.2d 327 (1981); Yaretsky, supra, 525 F.Supp. at 29-30 ; United States Football League, supra, 605 F.Supp. at 1466 ; LaSalle Nat’l Bank v. County of Lake, 703 F.2d 252, 258-59 (7th Cir.1983).
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United States Football League v. National Football League
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Accord Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 444-45 (2d Cir.1980), vacated, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida of the Thames Band v. State of New York
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 440-41 (2d Cir.1980) (in banc), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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State v. Rapuano
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 440-41 (2d Cir. 1980), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S. Ct. 911 , 66 L.
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City of Philadelphia v. District Council 33, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
(2×)
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 442-443 (2d Cir.1980), vac. on other grounds, McAlpin v. Armstrong, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Ross v. Canino
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980) (en banc), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981) (deciding not to disqualify firm where former SEC attorney had been screened from any participation in the case); United States v. Uzzi, 549 F.Supp. 979, 984 (S.D.N.Y.1982) (refusing to allow “Chinese wall” where former assistant U.S. Attorney had participated in investigation); Kesselhaut v. United States, 555 F.2d 791, 793 (Ct.Cl.1977) (permitting former government attorney to be screened from case); Note, “Developments in the Law …
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United States v. Patrick J. Cunningham and John J. Sweeney
See Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 440-41 (2d Cir. 1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes
See, e.g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 446 (2d Cir.1980) ("However, absent a threat of taint to the trial, we continue to believe that possible ethical conflicts surfacing during a litigation are generally better addressed by the comprehensive disciplinary machinery of the state and federal bar.”) (quotations omitted), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); Board of Educ. of the City of New York v. Nyquist, 590 F.2d 1241, 1246 (2d Cir.1979) ("[UJnless an attorney’s conduct tends to taint the underlying trial ... courts should be quite hesit…
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Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Blinder, Robinson & Co. (In Re Blinder, Robinson & Co.)
See also the "peripheral representation" exception presented in Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp., 518 F.2d 751 (2nd Cir.1975), overruled on other grounds, Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2nd Cir.1980), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); State of Arkansas v. Dean Foods Products Co., 605 F.2d 380, 382 (8th Cir.1979), overruled on appealability issue In re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability Litigation, 612 F.2d 377, 378 (8th Cir.1980), vacated sub nom Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord, 449 U.S. 368 , 101 S.Ct. 669 , 66 …
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Cited "see, e.g."
Huntington v. Great Western Resources, Inc.
See Emle Industries, Inc. v. Patentex, Inc., 478 F.2d 562, 564 (2d Cir.1973); see also Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds and remanded, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Rosman v. Shapiro
See, e.g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 444-46 (2d Cir.1980) (en banc) (quoting Board of Éducation v. Nyquist, 590 F.2d 1241, 1246 (2d Cir.1979)), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); see also Gleuck v. Jonathan Logan, Inc., 653 F.2d 746, 748 (2d *1447 Cir.1981).
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Oneida of the Thames Band, Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, the Houdenosaunee, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of New York
See Interco Systems, Inc. v. Omni Corporate Services, Inc., 733 F.2d 253 (2d Cir.1984) (per curiam); see also Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 440-41 (2d Cir.1980) (in banc) (recognizing appellate jurisdiction over orders granting disqualification motions in civil cases), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Robinson v. Silverman (In re Johns-Manville Corp.)
See, e.g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir.), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1980).
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In Re Ford Motor Company
In strictly circumscribing piecemeal appeal, Congress must have realized that in the course of judicial decision some interlocutory orders might be erroneous.” Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland, 346 U.S. 379, 382-83 , 74 S.Ct. 145, 147-48 , 98 L.Ed. 106 (1953) (footnote omitted); see, e.g., In re South Dakota, 692 F.2d 1158 , 1162 n. 8 (8th Cir.1982). [T]he potential harm that might be caused by requiring that a party await final judgment before it may appeal even when the denial of its disqualification motion was erroneous does not “diffe[r] in any significant way from the harm resul…
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Patt Gibbs and Tamara Utens v. Bruno Paluk, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants
See, e.g., Gough v. Perkowski, supra, 694 F.2d at 1142 13 In re Coordinated Pre-Trial Proceedings in Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation, supra, 658 F.2d at 1357 (emphasis added) 14 Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin v. New York, 732 F.2d 259 (2d Cir.1984) 15 Interco Systems, Inc. v. Omni Corporate Services, Inc., 733 F.2d 253, 255 (2d Cir.1984) 16 625 F.2d 433, 437-41 (2d Cir.1980) (en banc), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981) (holding grants of disqualification motions in civil cases immediately appealable, but anticipating Supreme Court's Fire…
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NFC, INC. v. General Nutrition, Inc.
See, e.g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2d Cir. 1980) (en banc), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981) (vacated because of Su *335 preme Court ruling that orders denying motions to disqualify are not appealable); Kesselhaut v. United States, 555 F.2d 791 (Ct.Cl. 1977); Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc. v. United States, 639 F.2d 749 (Ct.Cl.1981). 4 .
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Alfred B. Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co.
See, e.g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433, 440-41 (2d Cir. 1980), vacated on other grounds, 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); In re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability Litigation, 612 F.2d 377, 378 (8th Cir. 1980), vacated sub nom.
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United States v. Jack E. Bronston
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See, e. g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 606 F.2d 28 (2d Cir. 1979), vacated by en banc court, 625 F.2d 433 (1980), vacated 449 U.S. 1106 , 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981); Note, The Chinese Wall Defense to Law-Firm Disqualification 128 U.Pa.L.Rev. 677 (1980); Anderson, Conflict of Interest 52 Wash.L.Rev. 807 (1977); Note, Unchanging Rules in Changing Times; The Canons of Ethics and IntraFirm Conflicts of Interests, 73 Yale L.J. 1058 (1964).
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Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County v. Jelco Inc.
See Pennwalt Corp. v. Plough, Inc., 85 F.R.D. 264, 267 (D.Del.1980); see also, Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motor Corp., 518 F.2d 751, 754, 759 (2nd Cir. 1975), and at p. 759 (Adams, J., concurring), overruled on other grounds Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2nd Cir. 1980), vacated McAlpin v. Armstrong,-U.S.-, 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,017 Carl R. Duncan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
See, e. g., Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 at 440-41 (2nd Cir. 1980), vacated on other grounds,-U.S.-, 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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Unified Sewerage Agency Of Washington County v. Jelco Incorporated
See Pennwalt Corp. v. Plough, Inc., 85 F.R.D. 264, 267 (D.Del.1980); see also, Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motor Corp., 518 F.2d 751, 754, 759 (2nd Cir. 1975), and at p. 759 (Adams, J., concurring), overruled on other grounds Armstrong v. McAlpin, 625 F.2d 433 (2nd Cir. 1980), vacated McAlpin v. Armstrong, -- U.S. --, 101 S.Ct. 911 , 66 L.Ed.2d 835 (1981).
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In re Disbarment of Fischer
No. D-199.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 19, 1981.
449 U.S. 1106
Published
Citer courts: D. Connecticut (1) · District of Columbia Court of … (1)
Disbarment entered. [For earlier order herein, see ante, p. 989.]