Legal Opinion

ATTORNEY Q v. Mississippi State Bar

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 11, 1991No. 89-BA-0596PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

587 So.2d 228 (1991)

ATTORNEY Q

v.

MISSISSIPPI STATE BAR.

No. 89-BA-0596.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 1991.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1991.

Richard Barrett, Learned, for appellant.

Michael B. Martz, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This is a Bar disciplinary matter, wherein we are required to scrutinize a lawyer's contacts with and advice to the adverse party to a civil action. We find that the lawyer transgressed permissible bounds and order that he be privately reprimanded.

II

Attorney Q represented the plaintiff in action arising out of a September,…

Also in this document: Dissent · McRAE; Dissent · McRAE.

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Levi v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Foote v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Vining v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Miss. State Bar v. a Miss. AttorneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Netterville v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Mississippi Com'n on Judicial Performance v. SandersMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Terrell v. the Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Hall v. Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. The Mississippi Bar v. ATTORNEY STMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Mississippi Bar v. LandMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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