Legal Opinion

Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Shewmaker

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1992No. 92-SC-637-OAPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*521OPINION AND ORDER

The issue presented before this Court is whether a writ of prohibition should be entered to prevent the Boyle Circuit Court from enforcing a protective order it entered in a disciplinary action.

The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) scheduled a time to depose William H. McAnly, a material witness in a charge issued by the KBA against an unnamed attorney. Three days before the scheduled deposition McAnly filed a Motion for Protective Order in the Boyle Circuit Court. On July 29, 1992, Judge Shewmaker, as Judge of the Boyle Circuit Court, entered an order quashing the KBA’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shumaker v. PaxtonKentucky Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Evans v. HumphreysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
  3. Graham v. MillsKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Ratterman v. StapletonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
  5. Travis v. LandrumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1980

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Morgan & Pottinger, Attorneys, P.S.C. v. BottsKentucky Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Grigsby v. Kentucky Bar Ass'nKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Sitcov v. District of Columbia BarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
  4. Goldstein Albers v. Commission OnMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Goldstein v. Commission on Practice of the Supreme CourtMontana Supreme Court · 2000

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