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MONARCH LIFE INS. CO. v. ROPES & GRAY

Nos. 94-2173, 94-2200.

65 F.3d 973 (1995)

MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. ROPES & GRAY, Appellee. MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellees, v. ROPES & GRAY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Baty, with whom Christopher D. Schneider, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, MO, Charles K. Bergin, Jr. and Robinson, Donovan, Madden & Barry, P.C., Springfield, MA, were on brief, for Monarch Life Insurance Company.

John K. Villa, with whom Nicole K. Seligman, Philip J. Deutch, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Charles S. Cohen and Egan, Flanagan and Cohen, P.C., Springfield, MA, were on brief, for Ropes & Gray.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, and CYR and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Following an unsuccessful intermediate appeal to the district court, Monarch Life Insurance Co. ("Monarch Life") continues to press its challenge to a bankruptcy court order enjoining its prosecution of a legal malpractice action in Massachusetts Superior Court against its former counsel, the law firm of Ropes & Gray. The bankruptcy court determined that the Monarch Life action violated a permanent...

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