Legal Opinion

ATTORNEY M v. Mississippi Bar

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1992No. 90-BA-0632PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

621 So.2d 220 (1992)

ATTORNEY M

v.

MISSISSIPPI BAR.

No. 90-BA-0632.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 1992.

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Wm. Roberts Wilson, Jr., Mitchell H. Tyner, Jackson, for appellant.

Charles J. Mikhail, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

McRAE, Justice, for the court:

The central question in this appeal is whether an attorney may ethically tape record a conversation with a potential party opponent without the knowledge or consent of the other conversant. We hold that under the circumstances attending this case, such conduct offends neither the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct nor…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Doby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Middlebrook v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. National Life and Acc. Ins. Co. v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Netterville v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Mabus v. St. James Episcopal ChurchMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  2. The Mississippi Bar v. ATTORNEY STMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Rogers v. the Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. LS v. Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Anderson v. HaleDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001

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