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STATE EX REL. TAYLOR ASSOCIATES v. NUZUM

No. 16649.

330 S.E.2d 677 (1985)

STATE ex rel. TAYLOR ASSOCIATES, and James S. Paxton v. Hon. Jack R. NUZUM, Judge, and Herbert G. Underwood.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everette F. Thaxton & Thomas L. Stanley, Thaxton & Daniels, East, Charleston, for relators.

Herbert G. Underwood, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, for respondent.

NEELY, Chief Justice:

In this action the petitioners, Taylor Associates and James S. Paxton, seek a writ of prohibition against the Circuit Court of Randolph County to disqualify Herbert G. Underwood, a lawyer with the prominent Clarksburg firm of Steptoe & Johnson, from participating in a pending case. The petitioners allege that Mr. Underwood represents a party with adverse interests to those of an existing (or former...

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