HENICAN JAMES AND CLEVELAND v. STRATE

No. 8255.

348 So.2d 689 (1977)

HENICAN JAMES AND CLEVELAND, a partnership v. Mrs. Mildred Chiasson, divorced wife of Zachary A. STRATE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1977.

Writ Refused October 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Henican, III, Henican, James & Cleveland, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Valerie Fontaine, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Plaintiff law firm was discharged by defendant client after two days of trial of an action in federal district court. It was discharged after it wrote defendant a four-page letter which prompted defendant to ask a conference with the judge, at which plaintiff sought to withdraw as counsel but was refused by the judge (who allowed, as a "constitutional" right, defendant to discharge plaintiff). The result was that much of the time that plaintiff spent...

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