UNITED STATES v. CUNNINGHAM

Nos. 690, 701, Dockets 81-1455, 81-1457.

672 F.2d 1064 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick J. CUNNINGHAM and John J. Sweeney, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Buffone, Washington, D. C. (Michael E. Tigar, Linda Huber, Tigar, Buffone & Doyle, P. C., Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Cunningham.

John J. Sweeney, pro se.

Michael Kennedy, New York City (Sheryl E. Reich, Michael Kennedy, P. C., New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Sweeney.

John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City (Gerald E. Lynch, Robert S. Litt, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MESKILL and KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and METZNER, District Judge.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Patrick J. Cunningham and John J. Sweeney appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles L. Brieant, Judge, disqualifying their respective attorneys in a pending criminal prosecution.1 The court disqualified Cunningham's counsel, Michael E. Tigar, from any further representation of Cunningham in...

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