IN RE GOPMAN

No. 75-1560.

531 F.2d 262 (1976)

In re Matter of Seymour A. GOPMAN. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Seymour A. GOPMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Coleman, Jr., North Miami Beach, Fla., Michael J. Osman, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Martin L. Steinberg, U. S. Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., Robert H. Plaxico, Dept. of Justice, Criminal Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, CLARK and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial judge erred when he disqualified Seymour A. Gopman, Esq., from simultaneously representing certain labor unions and three officials of these unions who had appeared as witnesses before a grand jury. We find no error, and affirm the order of disqualification entered below.

I.

This case arose in the context of a federal grand jury investigation of union activities in the Miami, Florida...

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