Legal Opinion
Rayburn v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 2009No. E2008-01383-SC-R3-BPPublishedCited by 18 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
This opinion addresses an appeal from a judgment affirming the disbarment of an attorney by a hearing panel designated by the Board of Professional Responsibility. The first issue presented is whether the panel was divested of jurisdiction when the Board approved a proposed offer of a conditional guilty plea that the attorney later accepted with modifications. A second issue is whether the attorney was entitled to a voluntary nonsuit in the trial court after filing a petition for…
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- CF Industries v. Tennessee Public Service CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
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- Lynn v. City of JacksonTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
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4Cited by18 opinions
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- Mark D. Talley v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
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