Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Syntek Finance Corporation, law homework help

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Read Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Syntek Finance Corporation.The procedural issue is whether the trial court properly denied Syntek's motion for disqualification of counsel. What is the substantive disqualification of counsel issue raised by the facts of the case?

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Running head: METROPOLITAN V. SYNTEK

Facts of the Metropolitan v. Syntek Case
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METROPOLITAN V. SYNTEK

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Facts of the Metropolitan v. Syntek Case
The facts of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Syntek Finance Corporation
881 S.W.2d 319 (Tex. 1994) raised the issue of substantial relationship based on previous
representation of Syntek by the counsel Hughes & Luce who was now representing
Metropolitan (Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Syntek Finance Corporation, 1994). In its
consideration however, the trial court found no substantial relationship that would warrant a
disqualification of the counsel and therefore the judgment for the $6.7 million suit was
rendered in favor of Metropolitan. In an appeal by Metropolitan, the court of appeal held that
there was violation of discretion by the trial court. The judgment was reversed the case
remanded back to trial court for new trial. This paper looks at the facts of the case in view of
the substantial relationship as...


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