Legal Opinion

Gilbert v. North Carolina State Bar

District Court, E.D. North Carolina

Decided September 14, 2009No. 5:09-cv-383PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

JAMES C. DEVER, III, District Judge.

Willie D. Gilbert, II (“Gilbert” or “plaintiff’) brings this action against the North Carolina State Bar (“State Bar”) and A. Root Edmonson (“Edmonson”) (collectively “defendants”). Gilbert seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the State Bar and monetary and injunctive relief against Edmonson for the State Bar’s ongoing attorney disciplinary proceeding against Gilbert. Contemporaneous with filing his complaint, Gilbert filed a motion for temporary restraining order and a motion for preliminary injunction [D.E. 2.]. On September 4, 2009, the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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