In Re Dresser Industries, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1992-08-21

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E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge: In this petition for a writ of mandamus, we determine whether a law firm may sue its own client, which it concurrently represents in other matters. In a word, no; and most certainly not here, where the motivation appears only to be the law firm’s self-interest. 1 We therefore grant the wri…

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