STATE EX REL. WAL-MART v. KORTUM

No. S-95-1358.

559 N.W.2d 496 (1997)

251 Neb. 805

STATE ex rel. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Relator, v. Honorable Alfred J. KORTUM, Judge, District Court for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Kelly, of Nichols, Douglas, Kelly, and Meade, P.C., Scottsbluff, for relator.

No appearance for respondent.

Tylor J. Petitt and amicus curiae Van Steenberg, Chaloupka, Mullin, Holyoke, Pahlke, Smith, Snyder & Hofmeister, Scottsbluff.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.


CONNOLLY, Justice.

This is an original action for a peremptory writ of mandamus brought by relator, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart). We are asked to determine whether a writ should issue disqualifying the law firm of Van Steenberg, Chaloupka, Mullin, Holyoke, Pahlke, Smith, Snyder, and Hofmeister, P.C. (Van Steenberg), from representing a party in an action against Wal-Mart because of the firm's prior representation of...

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