FUND OF FUNDS, LTD. v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.

No. 311, Docket 77-7387.

567 F.2d 225 (1977)

The FUND OF FUNDS, LIMITED, FOF Proprietary Funds, Ltd., and IOS Growth Fund, Limited, a/k/a Transglobal Growth Fund, Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO., Arthur Andersen & Co. (Switzerland), and Arthur Andersen & Co., S.A., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Ross, New York City (James D. Zirin, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, Charles W. Boand, Wilson & McIlvaine, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Robert A. Meister, New York City (George L. Graff, Robert Thomajan and Milgrim, Thomajan & Jacobs, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and SMITH and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

The unusual facts of this case, which we shall present with painstaking care, impel us to the irresistible conclusion that counsel for the plaintiffs have failed in their duty to comply with both the letter and spirit of Canons 4, 5 and 9 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and must be disqualified. We hasten to add that the lawyers involved in this dispute are individuals who enjoy the

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