STATE EX REL. MORGAN STANLEY v. MacQUEEN

No. 20857.

416 S.E.2d 55 (1992)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC.; Goldman Sachs & Co.; and Chase Securities, Inc., Defendants Below, Petitioners, v. Honorable A. Andrew MACQUEEN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, Respondent, and The State of West Virginia, Petitioner Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 19, 1992.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. King, Rebecca A. Betts, King, Betts & Allen, Charleston, for Morgan Stanley.

John C. Palmer, IV, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, for Goldman Sachs.

Joseph R. Goodwin, Richard E. Rowe, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, for Chase Securities.


WORKMAN, Justice:

Petitioners Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Chase Securities, Inc. (collectively referred to as petitioners) seek a writ of prohibition directing the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to disqualify the law firm of Wolff Ardis, which represents the State of West Virginia (the "State"), from further involvement in the underlying litigation. Petitioners contend that complete disqualification is necessary due to the conflict...

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