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FIRST INTERSTATE BANK v. MURPHY, WEIR & BUTLER

Nos. 98-17420, 99-15410.

210 F.3d 983 (2000)

FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF ARIZONA, N.A., a national banking association; Talley Realty Finance and Investment Company, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MURPHY, WEIR & BUTLER, a professional corporation, Defendant-Appellee. First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., a national banking association; Talley Realty Finance and Investment Company, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Murphy, Weir & Butler, a professional corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 20, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Freidberg, Stephanie J. Finelli, Freidberg Law Corporation, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Robert A. Lewis and Randy Michelson, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

The issue before us is whether a law firm owes a duty to its client to disclose that it hired the law clerk of a judge before whom it was appearing in a pending matter.

Murphy, Weir & Butler (Murphy) represented First Interstate Bank of Arizona and Talley Realty Finance Company (FIB/Talley) who were secured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of Scottsdale Pinnacle Associates...

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