WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. v. RIO ALGOM LTD.

No. 76 C 3830.

448 F.Supp. 1284 (1978)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. RIO ALGOM LIMITED, Rio Algom Corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation Limited, RTZ Services Limited, Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation, Conzinc Rio Tinto of Australia Limited, Mary Kathleen Uranium Limited, Pancontinental Mining Limited, Queensland Mines Limited, Nuclear Fuels Corporation, Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, Limited, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corporation, Denison Mines, Limited, Denison Mines (U. S.) Incorporated, Noranda Mines Limited, Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Minerals Canada Limited, Kerr-McGee Corporation, the Anaconda Company, Getty Oil Company, Utah International Inc., Phelps Dodge Corporation, Western Nuclear, Inc., Homestake Mining Company, Atlas Corporation, Reserve Oil and Minerals Corporation, United Nuclear Corporation, Federal Resources Corporation and Pioneer Nuclear, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Michael T. Hannafan, Kirkland & Ellis, Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Freeman, Rothe, Freeman & Salzman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Rio Algom Ltd., in default.

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Keith F. Bode, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Rio Algom Corp.

Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. Ltd., in default.

RTZ Services Ltd., in default.

Paul G. Gebhard, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., Richard E. Sherwood, Robert E. Willett, O'Melveny & Meyers, Los Angeles, Cal., for Rio Tinto Zinc Corp.

Conzinc Rio Tinto of Australia Ltd., in default.

Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd., in default.

Pancontinental Mining Ltd., in default.

Queensland Mines Ltd., in default.

Nuclear Fuels Corp., in default.

Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, Ltd., in default.

Lionel G. Gross, Kenneth Gaines, Susan A. Henderson, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, Ill., Raymond L. Falls, Jr., Henry Bisgaier, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corp.

Richard L. Blatt, Michael P. Tone, Peterson, Ross, Rall, Barber & Seidel, Chicago, Ill., Laurence V. Senn, Jr., Lance Gotthoffer, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City, for Denison Mines, Ltd. and Denison Mines (U. S.) Inc.

Joseph S. Wright, Michael D. Freeborn, Eugene H. Ruark, R. Newton Rooks, Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, Chicago, Ill., for Noranda Mines, Ltd.

Robert C. Keck, Thomas R. Shaver, Robert A. Creamer, Keck, Cushman, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., Edward F. Howrey, A. Duncan Whitaker, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., Frank W. Morgan, Sr., Counsel, Gulf Companies, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Gulf Oil Corp. and Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd.

Glen W. McGee, Thomas W. Johnston, Brian J. Redding, Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings, Chicago, Ill., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

W. Donald McSweeney, Roger Pascal, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., Melvin D. Goodman, Zachary Shimer, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, for the Anaconda Co.

Richard M. Calkins, James W. Hathaway, Burditt & Calkins, Chicago, Ill., Brenton F. Goodrich, Carl J. Schuck, Overton, Lyman & Prince, Los Angeles, Cal., for Getty Oil Co.

Watson B. Tucker, Theodore A. Livingston, Wm. Bruce Hoff, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Utah International Inc.

Andrew C. Hartzell, Jr., Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, New York City, for Phelps Dodge Corp. and Western Nuclear, Inc.

Theodore A. Groenke, J. Craig Busey, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., David M. Balabanian, McCutcheon, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for Homestake Mining Co.

Edward L. Foote, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., Michael V. Corrigan, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Atlas Corp.

Richard P. Campbell, McConnell & Campbell, Chicago, Ill., for Reserve Oil and Minerals Corp.

Robert T. Johnson, Jr., John T. Loughlin, Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, Chicago, Ill., Harry L. Bigbee, W. Perry Pearce, Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter & Crout, Santa Fe, N. M., W. Latham Leeds, Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs, Dallas, Tex., for United Nuclear Corp.

Richard K. Decker, Joseph E. Coughlin, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., Leonard J. Lewis, Gerald Miller, Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Federal Resources Corp.

Thomas D. Allen, Edward T. Butt, Jr., Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Pioneer Nuclear, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

At issue in this complex antitrust litigation are a multitude of motions to disqualify counsel, on the grounds that the present litigation posture of two law firms creates a conflict of interest with their prior representation of several of the corporate defendants in earlier legal settings. The disqualification issues pose sensitive and difficult problems of legal ethics under the ABA's Code of Professional Responsibility...

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