Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Mississippi Bar
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1995No. 92-US-00336PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
BANKS, Justice,
for the Court:
The original opinions in this case are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.
Today the issues we resolve center around an attorney’s handling of a petition for the removal of disabilities pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 93-19-19 (1972). We conclude that attorney Richard Barrett did not err in filing the petition for the removal of disabilities in Scott County. Despite that, we find that Barrett violated his oath of office, as well as Mississippi Code of Professional Responsibility, Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(4, 5, and 6) by…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
- Levi v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Myers v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Nations v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Gum v. DudleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
- ESTATE OF McLEMORE v. McLemoreMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
- Emil v. the Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- ATTORNEY U v. the Mississippi BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Gerald D. McLemore v. Dennis Marshall McLemoreMississippi Supreme Court · 2007