• Noble v. Carlton

  Cites Ozan Lumber Co. v. Union County Nat. Bank of Liberty — 145 Fed. Rep. 344, reversed.

Affiliations

• Estate of Jones Ex Rel. Gay v. Beverly Health & Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

  District Court, N.D. Florida · 1999-05-24 · cited 4×

  This case concerns a motion to disqualify the plaintiff's counsel, Charles H. Sinclair and his firm, from representing the Estate of Jones in a nursing home malpractice action against Beverly Health & Rehabilitation Services, Inc. The court found that Sinclair had previously represented a subsidiary of the defendant in a substantially similar case involving the same corporate family, during which he received confidential information, guidelines, and financial statements related to nursing home litigation. It held that an attorney-client relationship existed with the parent and subsidiaries as a whole due to the centralized handling of claims, and that the matters were substantially related. The motion was granted as to Sinclair and his firm, but denied as to local counsel without a showing of confidential information flow. The proceedings were stayed to allow the plaintiff time to retain new counsel.

  proceduretorts & liability

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• Noble v. Carlton

  District Court, S.D. Florida · 1930-01-04 · cited 8×

  In Noble v. Carlton, a Georgia milk producer sued Florida state officials seeking to enjoin enforcement of chapter 13696, Laws of Florida 1929, which regulated the sale of milk and cream by setting sanitary standards, requiring licenses for dealers, mandating labels showing place of production, prohibiting repasteurization and mixing, and exempting small Florida producers with five cows or fewer. The three-judge district court denied the interlocutory injunction. The court reasoned that Florida could exercise its police power to protect public health through reasonable regulations, that the statutory classifications were not arbitrary under equal protection precedents, that the labeling and licensing requirements applied generally without undue burden on interstate commerce, and that the penalties were not excessive.

  business & regulatorycivil rights

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