Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1980-01-15

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FAY, Circuit Judge: The case began amid a flurry of claims, counterclaims, and cross-claims. The thirty-three day trial of the action spawned a record of twenty-five volumes as well as the eleven briefs submitted on appeal. Out of this morass emerge questions involving the right to the effective assistance of hired counsel in a civil case, and the disqualification of a trial court judge from participation in the proceeding…

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