STIRUM v. WHALEN

No. 90-CV-1279.

811 F.Supp. 78 (1993)

W.A.W. Van Limburg STIRUM; Dr. Herbert A. Zaccheo; James M. Van Metre; Nancy N. Van Metre; Lauren L. Van Metre; William H. Nichols, Jr.; Peter C. Canellos; The P.C.C. Holdings Co., Inc.; Herbert W. Owen; William L. Kermond; Courtney Ellison Price; Judith Ellison Price; Joanne M. Russo; Swenson Ranch Program No. 1; Swenson Ranch Program No. 3; Swenson Ranch Program No. 3-A; Swenson Ranch Program No. 4; Swenson Ranch Program No. 4-A; Swenson Ranch Program No. 5; Swenson Ranch Program No. 6; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 7; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 8; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 9; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 10; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 11; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 12; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 14; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 15; Whalen (Silver Bow) Program No. 16, Plaintiffs, v. Raymond J. WHALEN; Silver Bow Resources & Chemical Corp.; Whalen Drilling and Mining Corp.; Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart Rhodes & Judge, P.C.; Paul E. Pontiff; Jenkins & Powers, P.C.; Preston L. Jenkins, Jr.; Taxco, Inc.; Silver Bow Leasing, Inc.; Exchange Place Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

January 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear (Robert J. Lane, Jr., of counsel), Buffalo, NY, for plaintiffs.

Raymond J. Whalen, Warrensburgh, NY, pro se, and for defendants Silver Bow Resources & Chemical Corp., Whalen Drilling and Mining Corp., Taxco, Inc., Silver Bow Leasing, Inc., and Exchange Place Corp.

Donohue, Sabo, Varley & Armstrong, P.C. (Alvin O. Sabo, Christine M. D'Addio, of counsel), Albany, NY, for defendants Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart Rhodes & Judge, P.C. and Paul Pontiff.

McPhillips, Fitzgerald & Meyer (Joseph R. Brennan, of counsel), Glens Falls, NY, for defendants Jenkins & Powers, P.C. and Preston Jenkins, Jr.


MEMORANDUM — DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

Before the court are cross-motions involving an unusual discovery controversy. During the time period relevant to this lawsuit, defendants Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart, Rhodes & Judge, P.C. and Paul Pontiff, Esq. (collectively, "the attorney defendants" or "Bartlett, Pontiff") served as attorneys for, among others, co-defendants Raymond J. Whalen, Silver...

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