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WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. v. KERR-McGEE CORP.

Nos. 78-1544, 78-1545, 78-1546 and 78-1547.

580 F.2d 1311 (1978)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, Noranda Mines Limited, Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Minerals Canada Limited, and Getty Oil Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1978.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn W. McGee, Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, McGee & Hastings Ltd., Robert A. Creamer, Joseph S. Wright, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 17, 1978.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The novel issues on this appeal are (1) whether an attorney-client relationship arises only when both parties consent to its formation or can it also occur when the lay party submits confidential information to the law party with reasonable belief that the latter is acting as the former's attorney and (2) whether the size and geographical scope of a law firm exempt it from the...

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