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· 6/4/2014

Fletcher Whaley Long v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee

Citations

  • 435 S.W.3d 174
  • 2014 WL 2534135
  • 2014 Tenn. LEXIS 444

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding public censure when attorney failed to deposit a fee into his trust account, failed to refund unearned fees, and failed to provide an accounting
  • rejecting a due process challenge to lawyer-disciplinary proceedings because the members of the hearing panel that imposed the discipline \receive[d] no compensation\ and \ha[d] no responsibility for the budget or the finances\ of the Board of Professional Responsibility
  • “Under Tennessee law, only the Tennessee Supreme Court may determine the facial validity of its rules.”

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Judges: Justice Sharon G. Lee

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