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METZ v. AMOCO OIL CO.

No. 96-1485.

581 N.W.2d 597 (1998)

John Phillip METZ III, Joann Metz, Jaime M. Metz, and John P. Metz, IV, Appellants, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation; Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Foreign Corporation; Mobil Oil Corp., a Foreign Corporation; Omaha Public Power District, a Nebraska Political Subdivision; and Williams Pipe Line Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Counterclaimant, v. John Phillip METZ III and Joann Metz, Defendants to Counterclaim.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura L. Pattermann, Council Bluffs, for appellants.

Thomas R. Buchanan of McDowell, Rice, Smith & Gaar, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri, and Michael G. Reilly of Reilly, Petersen & Hannan, P.L.C., Council Bluffs, for appellee Williams Pipe Line Company.

Roger Shiffermiller of Fraser, Stryker, Vaughn, Meusey, Olson, Boyer & Bloch, P.C., Omaha, Nebraska, for appellee Omaha Public Power District.

Rodney M. Confer of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, Nebraska, and William R. Hughes of Stuart, Tinley, Peters, Thorn & Hughes, Council Bluffs, for appellee Burlington Northern Railroad.

Philip J. Willson of Willson & Pechacek, P.L.C., Council Bluffs, and Louis C. Woolf of Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, P.L.L.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for appellee Amoco Oil Company and Mobil Corporation.

Considered en banc.

HARRIS, Justice.

Withdrawal of counsel can wreak havoc on the orderly processing of cases in a busy trial court, and it seems that a withdrawal is most likely to occur in civil cases where extremely complicated litigation is also unpromising for one side or the other. Retaining counsel on a continuing basis in such a suit is often problematic and frustrating to a litigant. It can also be frustrating to a trial judge, hard pressed in the important task of moving cases...

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