IN RE BUSHKIN ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 88-1812.

864 F.2d 241 (1989)

In re BUSHKIN ASSOCIATES, INC., and Merle J. Bushkin, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Gertner with whom David J. Fine, Silverglate, Gertner, Fine & Good, Boston, Mass., Warren Asher and Jonathan Handel, were on Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

Max Stern, Harry C. Mezer, P.C. and Judith H. Mizner, Boston, Mass., on brief, for Nat. Network for the Right to Counsel, amicus curiae.

Thomas C. Frongillo with whom Edward I. Masterman, Mary E. O'Neal and Cargill, Masterman & Culbert, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondent Raytheon Co.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Merle J. Bushkin and Bushkin Associates, Inc. petition for mandamus, seeking to convince us to overturn a ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts disqualifying their counsel in a pending civil action. We are not persuaded.

I. SETTING THE STAGE

Petitioners are investment bankers. In 1981, they sued Raytheon Co. in federal district court for compensation allegedly owed. The case was tried in...

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