Matter of Frerichs

How courts have described this case

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

• noting attorney’s statements attributed to the court “sinister, deceitful and unlawful motives and purposes”
• noting attorney’s statements attributed to the court “sinister, deceitful and unlawful motives and purposes”
• attorney admonished for accusing Iowa supreme court of what amounted to fraud and deceit in its review of factual record
• attorney has free speech right to criticize the court in professionally appropriate manner, but not to accuse the court of illegal acts
• subjective intent of lawyer in criticism of court not determinative of true nature; same to be judged by its likely effect upon public belief in integrity of court as an institution
• ethical considerations and disciplinary rules serve to explicate the Canons

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).