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RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS v. SUPERIOR COURT OF FRESNO CTY.

Docket No. F018604.

16 Cal.App.4th 1717 (1993)

20 Cal. Rptr.2d 756

RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FRESNO COUNTY, Respondent; DAVID ASKINS et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

July 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harriman & Gabrielli, John C. Gabrielli and Richard L. Harriman for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Phillip S. Cronin, County Counsel, Philip M. Jay, Deputy County Counsel, and J. Steven Lempel for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

THAXTER, J.

We hold here that an attorney representing a partnership does not necessarily have an attorney-client relationship with an individual partner for purposes of applying the conflict of interest rules. Whether such a relationship exists turns on finding an agreement, express or implied, that the attorney also represents the partner.

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