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State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Hine

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided April 22, 1997No. SCBD 4155PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAVENDER, Justice.

In this disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer we are called upon to decide an issue of first impression: whether a licensed practitioner who is not an advocate for any parties in a pending ease may nonetheless communicate ex parte with the trial judge about issues in the matter which the court has under consideration.

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PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY

In her capacity as a member of the child advocacy group, Stop Child Abuse Now [SCAN], Katherine Hine [Hine or respondent] — a licensed lawyer — was contacted by Ruth Fulton, who asked her for SCAN’s help in dealing with the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gentile v. State Bar of Nev.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. People Ex Rel. Karlin v. CulkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  4. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. RaskinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
  5. Matter of RoussNew York Court of Appeals · 1917

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. MalloySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
  2. Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. HineOhio Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. WagnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007

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