Legal Opinion
Miss. State Bar v. a Miss. Attorney
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1986No. Misc. No. 144PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On June 23, 1983, a formal complaint was filed against appellee charging him with unprofessional and unethical conduct and conduct evincing unfitness to practice law in violation of DR 2-106(A) and (B) and gave appellee a private reprimand. Appellant, Mississippi State Bar, takes exception to the discipline the tribunal chose to impose and appeals assigning the following as error:
The Complaint Tribunal erred in its issuance of a private reprimand against appellee for unprofessional and unethical conduct.
The appellee/cross-appellant attorney filed the following cross-assignment of error:
The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Levi v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- The Florida Bar v. MoriberSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
- Matter of Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- Myers v. Virginia State Bar, ex rel. Second District CommitteeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Foote v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Broome v. Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Mississippi Bar v. PelsMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. RussellMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- Fougerousse v. Miss. State Bar Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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