Clinard v. Blackwood

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• observing that ethical rules must be broad and flexible and the appearance of impropriety may apply where more specific rules are ineffective
• confirming that “Tennessee courts have and will continue to apply the appearance of impropriety standard as a basis for [the] disqualification” of attorneys
• stating that “disqualification of one’s counsel is a drastic remedy and is ordinarily unjustifiable based solely upon an appearance of impropriety”
• recognizing the appearance of impartiality as an independent basis for disqualification of an attorney
• “A trial court’s ruling on attorney disqualification . . . will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion.”
• “A trial court’s ruling on attorney disqualification, or the vicarious disqualification of that attorney’s firm, will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. White
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2003-09-08· cited 329×
• Frazier v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2010-02-18· cited 200×
• Richardson v. Spanos
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-10-05· cited 192×
• Boyd v. Comdata Network, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-04-30· cited 182×
• State v. Coulter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-06-26· cited 139×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-01-18· cited 117×
• State v. Davis
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-08-25· cited 109×
• Kline v. Eyrich
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-03-01· cited 104×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-09-05· cited 99×
• Johnson v. Nissan North America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-07-26· cited 99×
• State of Tennessee v. Dale Keith Larkin
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-03-28· cited 67×
• In Re Estate of Greenamyre
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-12-07· cited 57×
• Arkansas Valley State Bank v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2007-10-16· cited 47×
• Frye v. St. Thomas Health Services
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-03-26· cited 37×
• Church v. Church
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-20· cited 31×
• Shamblin v. Sylvester
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-04-13· cited 26×
• Moody v. Hutchison
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-09-17· cited 25×
• In RE ESTATE OF BAKER v. King
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-05-04· cited 24×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Perry Community School District
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2002-09-05· cited 18×
• Moore v. Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-02-03· cited 15×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Shirley
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-11-01· cited 688×
• Davis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-02-23· cited 257×
• Analytica, Incorporated v. Npd Research, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Appeals of Schwartz & Freeman and Pressman and Hartunian Chtd
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-08-24· cited 204×
• Eleanor Schiessle v. Donald E. Stephens
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-09-16· cited 138×
• Bergeron v. Mackler
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-04-20· cited 123×
• Petition of Burson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-09-11· cited 112×
• State v. Culbreath
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-10-20· cited 106×
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. KAW
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 83×
• Smith County Education Ass'n v. Anderson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-08-20· cited 81×
• Lazy Seven Coal Sales, Inc. v. Stone & Hinds, P.C.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 81×
• State v. Tate
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-12-20· cited 67×
• Cheves v. Williams
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-09-10· cited 56×
• State v. Loyal
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2000-06-27· cited 56×
• Swafford v. Harris
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-03-16· cited 50×
• First American Carriers, Inc. v. Kroger Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-04-16· cited 45×
• Brown v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-12-19· cited 33×
• Belmont v. Board of Law Examiners
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1974-06-03· cited 27×
• United States v. Andrew Michael Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-07-10· cited 25×
• Petition of Tennessee Bar Ass'n
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 23×
• Lovell v. Winchester
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 21×

Other cases named Clinard v. Blackwood

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Clinard v. Blackwood
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-10-28