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In Re Ellis

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 11, 1991PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves the disqualification of a lawyer in a proceeding to appoint a conservator or limited guardian for an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The Davidson County Probate Court disqualified the lawyer seeking to represent the woman after the woman’s guardian ad litem informed the court that the lawyer’s firm also represented one of the parties seeking to be appointed conservator and that this party’s interests potentially differed from those of the ward. We granted the lawyer’s application for a Tenn.R.App.P. 10 appeal and now affirm the probate…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. United States v. Roy W. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  2. Eleanor Schiessle v. Donald E. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium A/s v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Gist-Brocades Fermentation Industries, Inc., and Gist-Brocades N. V.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  4. Fox v. PollackCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. Continental Casualty Co. v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Fell v. RamboCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
  2. In Re Conservatorship of ClaytonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  3. Millen v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of ClarkNevada Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Starks v. BrowningCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  5. State v. HuskeyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002

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