Legal Opinion
Ramsey v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1989PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Chief Justice.
Appellant, James Nelson Ramsey, the District Attorney General for Anderson County, has appealed the suspension of his law license for one-hundred and eighty (180) days. He raises four basic grounds as to why the Order of Suspension should not stand: (1) jurisdiction, (2) denial of due process, (3) constitutional right to free speech, and (4) the sufficiency of the evidence as a matter of law.
Appellant, a native of Oak Ridge, was in 1972 admitted and licensed by this Court to practice law in Tennessee. In 1978, Appellant ran for and was elected District Attorney…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Barger v. BrockTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- Cooper v. Williamson County Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Assn. v. PorterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- Potts v. GibsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Petition of BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
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- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee v. SlavinTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
- In re CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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