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KILLIAN v. IOWA DIST. CT. FOR LINN CTY.

No. 88-1651.

452 N.W.2d 426 (1990)

John Richard KILLIAN and Jan B. Killian, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR LINN COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley of the Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for plaintiffs.

Patrick M. Roby, Richard S. Fry, and Diane Kutzko of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for the trustee bank, on behalf of defendant district court.

James R. Snyder, Iris E. Muchmore, and James A. Gerk of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for trustee Hess, on behalf of defendant district court.

John H. Carlin of Carlin, Hellstrom & Bittner, Davenport, for defendant R. Richard Bittner.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider this challenge to a trial court ruling which disqualified an attorney from further participation in probate litigation. The court reasoned that the attorney's representation of a trust beneficiary conflicted with his representation of another beneficiary. We annul the writ.

The case revolves around the relationship between attorney Tom Riley and his clients Joan Killian Hunter (Joan) and John Richard Killian...

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