Berke v. Chattanooga Bar Association

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding a two-year disbarment warranted where, among other misconduct, attorney committed the offense of charging usury in connection with a monetary loan
• prior civil proceeding relevant to overcharges and other matters will be conclusive on issues raised, i.e., fact of overcharges
• “In its broadest sense, the duty of a lawyer is to so regulate his life, public and private, as that no action of his shall reflect unfavorably upon his profession.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blackburn v. Murphy
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-08-31· cited 58×
• Taylor v. Universal Tire, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-02-21· cited 13×
• Scott v. Jones Bros. Construction, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-06-20· cited 13×
• Merritt v. WILSON CTY. BD OF ZONING APPEALS
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-03-29· cited 11×
• Matter of Hecker
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-03-18· cited 10×
• Cohn v. Board of Professional Responsibility
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-11-22· cited 9×
• Merritt v. Wilson County Board of Zoning Appeals
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-03-29· cited 8×
• Lien v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-03-04· cited 6×
• Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Banks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-10-25· cited 6×
• Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Dixon
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-08-23· cited 6×
• Snow v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1973-06-29· cited 2×
• Hamm v. Hamm
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-12-19· cited 1×
• Robert H. Goodall, Jr. v. William B. Akers - Dissenting
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-03-01
• William A. Cohn v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-11-22
• State ex rel Elizabeth Durrant v. Brittain Howard
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-07-11
• Clinton Lien v. Nashville and Davidson County
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-08-16
• In Re Estate of Earsie L. Kirkman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2017-02-15
• In Re Kandace D.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2018-01-08
• Alfred H. Knight v. Tyree B. Harris, IV
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2018-01-11
• Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan v. Board of Professional Responsibility Of The Supreme Court of Tennessee
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2019-09-20

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Board of Mayor and Aldermen v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1950-05-24· cited 23×
• In re Santosuosso
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-07-06· cited 23×
• Schoolfield v. Tennessee Bar Association
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1961-12-08· cited 21×
• Iron Co. v. Pace
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1898-11-11· cited 14×
• Tennessee Bar Association v. Berke
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1960-10-28· cited 7×
• Tennessee Bar Association v. Freemon
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1961-06-09· cited 4×