Legal Opinion
In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Lasswell
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1983No. Bar 81-70; SC 29633PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Per curiam
The Oregon State Bar charges the accused, the district attorney of Douglas County, with violating DR 7-107(B) by commenting in a newspaper interview and a television program on facts relating to a large scale investigation into illegal drug traffic that had led to the arrest and indictment of some 50 persons. The Trial Board found the accused not guilty. The Disciplinary Review Board found the newspaper interview to have been a violation, two members of the board dissenting.1 For the reasons that follow, we find the accused not guilty of the disciplinary violation.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. KennedyOregon Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. RobertsonOregon Supreme Court · 1982
- Hall v. May Department Stores Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1981
- Wheeler v. GreenOregon Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by54 opinions
- State v. HenryOregon Supreme Court · 1987
- Cooper v. Eugene School District No. 4JOregon Supreme Court · 1986
- Vannatta v. KeislingOregon Supreme Court · 1997
- Humphers v. First Interstate BankOregon Supreme Court · 1985
- State v. CiancanelliOregon Supreme Court · 2005
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