DePonceau v. Pataki

How courts have described this case

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

• power of attorney may not be used to evade prohibition against unauthorized practice of law
• power of attorney may not be used to evade prohibition against unauthorized practice of law
• power of attorney may not be used to evade prohibition against unauthorized practice of law
• “[P]laintiffs have no statutory []or constitutional right to be represented in federal court by a non-lawyer.”
• “A pro se plaintiff may not seek to represent the interests of third-parties.” (citing Iannaccone v. Law, 142 F.3d 553, 558 (2d Cir.1998))
• authority conferred on another by a power of attorney cannot be used to circumscribe state laws that prohibit the practice of law by anyone other than a licensed attorney

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 7,192×
• Stump v. Sparkman
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-05· cited 5,547×
• Mireles v. Waco
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-21· cited 4,474×
• Pierson v. Ray
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-11· cited 4,282×
• Sierra Club v. Morton
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-19· cited 3,248×
• Salahuddin v. Cuomo
  Second Circuit· 1988-11-04· cited 2,134×
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D.
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-05· cited 1,991×
• Linda RS v. Richard D.
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-05· cited 1,057×
• Colon v. Coughlin
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-28· cited 902×
• Chance v. Armstrong
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-07· cited 822×
• Iannaccone v. Law
  Second Circuit· 1998-04-27· cited 653×
• Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 543×
• Simmons v. Abruzzo
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-24· cited 514×
• Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 469×
• Tse-Ming Cheung, M.D. v. Youth Orchestra Foundation of Buffalo, Inc., Anne Luchsinger, John Potts, and Ansgarius Aylward
  Second Circuit· 1990-06-21· cited 363×
• Eugene T. King, Jr. v. John R. Simpson, Eastern Regional Commissioner, United States Parole Commission
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-20· cited 311×
• Stephen Moccio v. New York State Office of Court Administration
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-09· cited 221×