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POTASHNICK v. PORT CITY CONST. CO.

Nos. 76-2373, 78-2386.

609 F.2d 1101 (1980)

R. B. POTASHNICK, an Individual, and Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Third Party Plaintiff, Appellees-Appellants, v. PORT CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Defendants-Appellants, v. The CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, Appellee, v. J. B. CONVERSE & COMPANY, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Port City Construction Company, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. W. D. BRUNSON, d/b/a W. D. Brunson Construction Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Boswell, Mobile, Ala., for Port City Const. Co.

John D. Richardson, Mobile, Ala., for Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Inc.

William H. Brigham, Mobile, Ala., for City of Mobile.

G. Hamp Uzzelle, III, Paul W. Brock, Mobile, Ala., for R. B. Potashnick and Cont. Casualty Co.

James H. Lackey, Mobile, Ala., for W. D. Brunson.

W. Boyd Reeves, Broox G. Holmes, Mobile, Ala., for J. B. Converse & Co.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, RONEY and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 14, 1980.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

The case began amid a flurry of claims, counterclaims, and cross-claims. The thirty-three day trial of the action spawned a record of twenty-five volumes as well as the eleven briefs submitted on appeal. Out of this morass emerge questions involving the right to the effective assistance of hired counsel in a civil case, and the disqualification of a trial court judge from participation...

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