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IN RE DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 92-2199.

972 F.2d 540 (1992)

In re DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin P. Hartmann, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Stephen D. Susman, Houston, Tex., for Baker Hughes, Inc., Et al.

J. Eugene Clements, Porter & Clements, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this petition for a writ of mandamus, we determine whether a law firm may sue its own client, which it concurrently represents in other matters. In a word, no; and most certainly not here, where the motivation appears only to be the law firm's self-interest.1 We therefore grant the writ, directing the district judge to disqualify counsel.2

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