CARDINALE v. GOLINELLO


43 N.Y.2d 288 (1977)

John Cardinale et al., Appellants, v. Frank Golinello, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Schiller for appellants.

Steven A. Greenwold and Peter A. Tavolacci for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and COOKE concur; Judge FUCHSBERG taking no part.


JONES, J.

There was no abuse of discretion when the courts below held that appellants' counsel were disqualified from further representing appellants because of an impermissible conflict of interest.

The question of attorney disqualification which is the subject of the present appeal was raised by defendant Golinello's motion to disqualify plaintiffs' attorneys from representing them in this action. The...

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