Legal Opinion
Mississippi State Bar v. ATTORNEY L
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 1987No. CM-223PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
511 So.2d 119 (1987)
MISSISSIPPI STATE BAR
v.
ATTORNEY L.
No. CM-223.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 22, 1987.
Michael B. Martz, Jackson, for appellant.
Stella Terrell, Yazoo City, for appellee.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PRATHER, JJ.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
This motion in the nature of an interlocutory appeal presents sensitive questions regarding a lawyer's Fifth Amendment rights when he is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding brought by the Mississippi State Bar. The lawyer asserts that the questions he has been asked would, if truthfully answered, tend to…
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