WASHINGTON v. MONTANA MIN. PROPERTIES

No. 89-577.

795 P.2d 460 (1990)

Dennis R. WASHINGTON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, INC., a Montana Corporation, Defendant and Appellant, and ASARCO, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent. MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, INC., a Montana Corporation, and Laith Reynolds and Olive J. Smith, Defendants and Appellants, Montana Mining Properties, Inc. a Montana Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ASARCO, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, and Dennis R. Washington, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Murray, Jr, Butte, Anthony F. Phillips, New York City, for defendant and appellant.

Ronald B. MacDonald, Missoula, Ross Richardson, Henningsen, Purcell, Vucurovich & Richardson, Butte, Laura B. Houguet, White & Case, New York City, for plaintiff and respondent.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

Petitioner Montana Mining Properties, Inc., (MMP) has petitioned this Court for a writ of supervisory control disqualifying Judge Mark P. Sullivan from preceding further in this case. In its petition, MMP maintains that Judge Sullivan should be disqualified due to his relationship with the law firm representing the respondent, Dennis R. Washington. The writ is granted and we direct that this action be assigned to another judge.

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