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In Re Smith

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 4, 1999No. 97SA344, 98SA8PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Per curiam

These two lawyer discipline cases involve the same respondent, David Lee Smith. We have consolidated them in order to issue one opinion and order. Smith was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1975. In No. 97SA344, a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee recommended that Smith be suspended from the practice of law for a year and a day for prosecuting two federal actions against lawyers who had filed requests for disciplinary investigations against him.

The second case, No. 98SA8, involves reciprocal discipline. See C.R.C.P. 241.17. The United States Court of Appeals for…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. In Re David L. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
  5. National Surety Co. v. State BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. People ex rel. N.A.T.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. Morgan & Pottinger, Attorneys, P.S.C. v. BottsKentucky Supreme Court · 2011
  3. Salt Lake City Corp. v. Labor CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 2007
  4. People ex rel. J.C.S.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. In Re Attorney D.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2002

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