In Re Morris

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that statute prohibiting lawyer from “willfully” engaging in particular conduct required lawyer to act intentionally to be subject to discipline under statute
• continuing to represent former personal representative after agreeing to represent successor created a current client conflict of interest where attorney pursued former personal representative’s claim against the estate for attorney fees
• imposing 120-day suspension for submitting altered documents to court and opposing parties
• 120-day suspension for veteran lawyer with no prior disciplinary record who violated rules governing conflicts, dishonesty, and false statements of fact
• 120-day suspension for conflict of interest aggravated by “misrepresentation” in violation of DR 1-102(A)(3)
• four-month suspension for violation of conflict-of-interest rule where mitigating factors outweighed aggravating factors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Kluge
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2003-04-10· cited 29×
• Roberts v. Fearey
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1999-09-15· cited 25×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Kluge
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2001-06-28· cited 24×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Brandt
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2000-09-14· cited 23×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Gatti
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2000-08-17· cited 17×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hostetter
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-07-29· cited 16×
• In Re Complaint as to Conduct of Wittemyer
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1999-04-29· cited 16×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Lawrence
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2011-06-30· cited 7×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Worth
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2003-12-26· cited 5×
• In Re the Reciprocal Discipline of Page
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1998-03-26· cited 5×
• In re Complaint as to the Conduct of Gatti
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2014-08-21· cited 3×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hockett
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 47×
• In Re Jones
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 39×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Boothe
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-08-04· cited 20×
• In Re Claussen
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1996-01-26· cited 18×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Jeffery
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1995-07-20· cited 13×