In Re Duncan
Citations
- 65 S.E. 210
- 83 S.C. 186
- 1909 S.C. LEXIS 129
Syllabus
<p>Attorney at Law — Contempt.—One who advises another as to his legal rights, accepts money of him as compensation for his services in procuring the consent or order of a magistrate that an imprisonment already entered on be discontinued on payment of the fine first imposed in the alternative, practices law, and an attorney previously debarred is in contempt of Court by so doing.</p>
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- adopting the Supreme Court’s definition of an attorney as articulated in Ward
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Judges: Woods
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49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Dressel v. AmeribankMichigan Supreme Court· 2003-06-24· cited 177×
- People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court· 1931-06-18· cited 147×
- People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. GoodmanIllinois Supreme Court· 1937-02-18· cited 105×
- Gazan v. HeerySupreme Court of Georgia· 1936-07-03· cited 64×
- Rhode Island Bar Ass'n v. Automobile Service Ass'nSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1935-05-09· cited 53×
- State v. Buyers Service Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1987-06-01· cited 52×
- State Ex Rel. Frieson v. IsnerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 40×
- J. H. Marshall & Associates, Inc. v. BurlesonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-12-28· cited 40×
- State v. SchumacherSupreme Court of Kansas· 1974-03-02· cited 36×
- Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. EdwinsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1989-03-13· cited 35×
- Rattikin Title Co. v. Grievance Committee of State Bar of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas· 1954-10-29· cited 29×
- Gmerek v. State Ethics CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-18· cited 27×
- Palmer v. Unauthorized Practice Committee of the State Bar of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas· 1969-02-12· cited 27×
- In re PaceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1915-12-30· cited 25×
- In Re Application of Mark W.Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-04-26· cited 20×
- State v. McLaurenCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-04-29· cited 19×
- State v. DespainSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-08-07· cited 19×
- Chicago Bar Ass'n v. KelloggAppellate Court of Illinois· 1949-10-31· cited 19×
- Merrick v. American Security & Trust Co.D.C. Circuit· 1939-10-09· cited 16×
- Ranta v. McCarneyNorth Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-07-16· cited 16×
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