STATE EX REL. BRYANT v. ELLIS

A8405-03151; SC S31944.

724 P.2d 811 (1986)

301 Or. 633

STATE ex rel. David L. BRYANT, Plaintiff-Relator, v. Honorable James R. ELLIS, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Multnomah, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Ewing, Salem, argued the cause for defendant. With him on the briefs were Steven J. Cannata, Cannata, Genovese & Papale, San Francisco, California, Paul J. De Muniz, Garrett, Seideman, Hemann, Robertson & De Muniz, Salem.

Sara A. Clark, Sacramento, Cal., argued the cause for plaintiff-relator. With her on the briefs were Weintraub Genshlea Hardy Erich & Brown, a Professional Corporation, Sacramento, Cal., and John J. Herbrand, Beaverton.

Before PETERSON, C.J., LENT, LINDE, CAMPBELL, CARSON and JONES, JJ., and Gillette, J. pro tem.


LINDE, Justice.

The issue in this proceeding is whether a circuit court has authority to disqualify an attorney for one or more of the litigants from appearing in a civil case and to enjoin attorneys from other conduct pertaining to the case.1 Relator, one of several defendants in an action in the Circuit Court for Multnomah County, moved for an order disqualifying first a law firm, Diamond & Sylvester, and later another lawyer, Steven...

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