Legal Opinion
In Re Liang-Houh Shieh
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 7, 1999No. 97-BG-1991PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge.
Over a period of three years, respondent, a member of the Bars of California, New York, and the District of Columbia, “was at war with the courts, individual judges, his former law firms and attorneys who were his ex-employees.” As a result, according to the California State Bar Court, he established himself as “the benchmark by which all vexatious litigants in the state of California will be judged.” Concluding that “[njothing the attorney discipline system can do will prevent respondent from continuing to abuse the legal system as a litigant, if he so chooses,” the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- In Re GoffeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- In Re McBrideDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Matter of VelasquezDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Matter of WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- In Re DittonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
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