49 CFR § 1103.25 - Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1103.25"
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title: "49 CFR § 1103.25 - Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1103.25"
section_name: "Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "1103"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 862; 49 U.S.C. 1303(c), 1321."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 49549, Nov. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1103.25 Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel.

(a) A practitioner shall always treat adverse witnesses and other litigants with fairness and due consideration. He should never minister to the prejudice of a client in a trial or conduct in a cause. The client has no right to demand that the practitioner representing him abuse the opposing party or indulge in offensive personal attacks.

(b) A practitioner shall not attempt to obstruct Board investigations or corruptly to influence witnesses and potential witnesses during an investigation.

(c) In conducting a case it is improper for a practitioner to allude to the personal history or the personal peculiarities or idiosyncracies of practitioners on the other side, or otherwise engage in personal abuse of other practitioners.