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MATTER OF SANDAHL

No. 92-3129.

980 F.2d 1118 (1992)

In the Matter of Joel E. SANDAHL and Complex Systems, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Holzhauer, Tyrone C. Fahner, Javier H. Rubinstein, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Charles W. Wolfram, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., for petitioners.

Delmer R. Mitchell, Gena J. Awerkamp, Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell, Quincy, Ill., F. Ross Boundy, Christensen, O'Connor, Johnson & Kindness, Seattle, Wash., for respondent.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in a commercial lawsuit petition us for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Mills to vacate his order disqualifying the law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt from representing them. The petition requires us to determine the scope of our mandamus jurisdiction over orders of disqualification.

An order disqualifying a lawyer or law firm is not considered a collateral order and therefore cannot be appealed as a matter of right...

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