LIESS v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 86 C 3704.

659 F.Supp. 979 (1987)

John E. LIESS and J. Christopher Whitford, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, and General Electric Information Services Company, Defendants.

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

May 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gould & Ratner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John M. Carroll, George N. Vurdelja, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Defendants move for an order disqualifying the law firm of Gould & Ratner from serving as plantiffs' counsel in this action, on the ground that its continued representation of plantiffs would be inconsistent with two provisions of the American Bar Association's Model Code of Professional Responsibility: DR 5-102(A), which requires a lawyer and his firm to withdraw if the lawyer learns he ought to...

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