PA. POWER & LIGHT v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 453.

74 Pa. D. & C. 2d 431 (1975)

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. v. Gulf Oil Corporation.

Common Pleas Court of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

December 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Robert Conrad, Nancy J. Gellman, and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Calnan, Jr., Stamberg, Caplan & Calnan, Gordon W. Gerber, John E. Flaherty, Jr., and Dechert, Price & Rhoads, for defendants.


BACKENSTOE, J., December 10, 1975.

Defendants in this matter have petitioned the court to disqualify the law firm of Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz ("Pepper") as counsel for plaintiff. The basis for the petition is that Pepper represented one of defendants, Gulf Oil Corporation ("Gulf"), in a prior proceeding which is substantially related to the pending matter. Pepper, while vigorously denying the merits of the disqualification petition, consulted with its client...

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