In re Driscoll

How courts have described this case

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

• one-year suspension for attorney who pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to a bank
• no willful blindness where respondent's secretary forged her husband's signature on loan documents despite that it would have been easy for respondent to 63 confirm legitimacy
• “we will not draw an independent inference as to the respondent’s knowledge when the facts are subject to several interpretations, particularly where the board declined to accept bar counsel’s version of events”
• due process, privacy, and First Amendment claims deemed waived

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Maling v. Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-12-23· cited 18×
• In re Curry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-06· cited 11×
• In re Murray
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-02· cited 9×
• In re Finneran
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-01-11· cited 7×
• In re Balliro
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-01-15· cited 6×
• In re Taylor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-10-18· cited 3×
• Schoeller v. Board of Registration of Funeral Directors & Embalmers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-10-26· cited 2×
• In the Matter of Foster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-08-31

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In the Matter of Hiss
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-05· cited 104×
• In the Matter of Alter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-11· cited 84×
• In the Matter of the Discipline of an Attorney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-20· cited 55×
• In re Concemi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-28· cited 35×
• In re Fordham
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-09· cited 34×
• In re Finn
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-23· cited 29×
• In the Matter of Finnerty
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-15· cited 26×
• In re Foley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-06· cited 26×
• In re Kerlinsky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-01-14· cited 25×
• In re Segal
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-16· cited 24×
• In the Matter of Orfanello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-06· cited 14×
• In re Nickerson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-28· cited 10×
• In re Shaw
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-07· cited 10×
• In re Hoicka
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-10· cited 8×
• In re Ogan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-02-28· cited 5×