Legal Opinion

Mississippi Bar v. ATTORNEY HH

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1996No. 93-BA-00609-SCTPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

671 So.2d 1293 (1995)

The MISSISSIPPI BAR

v.

ATTORNEY HH.

No. 93-BA-00609-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1995.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 21, 1996.

Charles J. Mikhail, Pascagoula, Michael B. Martz, Jackson, for Appellant.

William Liston, Liston, Lancaster, Winona, for Appellee.

En Banc.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

In this case we deal with the troublesome issue of an attorney who feels compelled to lend an impecunious personal injury client sums necessary to personal maintenance pending resolution of the injury claim. We eschew the temptation to follow the direction of…

Also in this document: Dissent · Lee; Dissent · Lee; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Louisiana State Bar Association v. EdwinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. Levi v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Myers v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Mississippi State Bar v. PhillipsMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  5. In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Chittenden v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. SmolenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
  3. Estate of St. Martin v. HixsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Sitcov v. District of Columbia BarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. In re K.A.H.Alaska Supreme Court · 1998

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