Legal Opinion
Statewide Grievance Committee v. Fountain
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 18, 2000No. AC 18854PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’CONNELL, C. J.
The defendant, Christopher C. Fountain, appeals from the trial court’s judgment suspending his license to practice law for three months. The defendant claims that the imposition of this sanction was improper because (1) the suspension constituted punishment and (2) the length of the suspension amounted to an abuse of discretion. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts are relevant to the resolution of this appeal. The defendant is a practicing attorney who was admitted to the bar of this state in 1983. In 1993, while representing a client in an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re DurantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. RozbickiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. PeckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
- State v. DiazSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Rosenblit v. DanaherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Grievance Administrator v. LopatinMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
- Nusbaum v. BerlinSupreme Court of Virginia · 2007
- Thalheim v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. EgbarinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. DixonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
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