Morris & Doherty, PC v. Lockwood

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an inactive member of the bar was ineligible to share fees as a lawyer under MRPC 1.5(e)
• noting that “public policy” is determined by looking at constitutions, statutes, common law, regulations, administrative rules, and rules of professional conduct
• “A person engaged in the practice of law in Michigan must be an active member of the State Bar.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McNEILL-MARKS v. MIDMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER-GRATIOT
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2016-06-16· cited 118×
• Royal Property Group, LLC v. Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-11-10· cited 108×
• People v. Clark
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2007-05-14· cited 46×
• Blue Harvest, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2010-04-29· cited 32×
• Ostroth v. Warren Regency, GP, LLC
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-09-29· cited 18×
• Law Offices of Jeffrey Sherbow, PC v. Fieger & Fieger, PC
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2019-01-15· cited 17×
• Speicher v. Columbia Township Board of Election Commissioners
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2012-12-20· cited 14×
• Payne v. Farm Bureau Insurance
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-10-28· cited 12×
• Casco Township v. Secretary of State
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-06-24· cited 9×
• Avink v. SMG
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2009-01-20· cited 9×
• In Re FG
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-01-20· cited 8×
• People v. Derror
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-11-29· cited 5×
• Cain v. Waste Management, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-01-22· cited 4×
• Pitsch v. Blandford
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-11-22· cited 2×
• Nationwide Recovery, Inc. v. City of Detroit
  E.D. Michigan· 2018-08-21· cited 1×
• Younkin v. Zimmer
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2014-04-15· cited 1×
• Ronald Tinsley v. Norman Yatooma
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2020-08-13
• Law Offices of Jeffrey Sherbow v. Fieger & Fieger Pc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2021-06-09
• Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate v. Park Street Group Realty
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2021-06-10

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sun Valley Foods Co. v. Ward
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-06-29· cited 475×
• Pohutski v. City of Allen Park
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-04-02· cited 403×
• Koontz v. Ameritech Services, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-06-12· cited 302×
• Peterman v. Department of Natural Resources
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1994-08-23· cited 247×
• Beaudrie v. Henderson
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2001-07-27· cited 201×
• Terrien v. Zwit
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-07-25· cited 192×
• Dressel v. Ameribank
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-06-24· cited 177×
• Marquis v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1994-03-15· cited 169×
• Eggleston v. Bio-Medical Applications of Detroit, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-03-26· cited 164×
• McAuley v. General Motors Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1998-06-02· cited 148×
• Ritchie-Gamester v. City of Berkley
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-30· cited 128×
• Federated Publications, Inc v. City of Lansing
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-07-25· cited 101×
• Horace v. City of Pontiac
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1998-04-07· cited 96×
• People v Pubrat
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1996-06-04· cited 91×
• Rafferty v. Markovitz
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-10-26· cited 89×
• Adrian School District v. Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1998-07-28· cited 88×
• Benjamin v. Koeppel
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-05-02· cited 87×
• Consumers Power Co. v. Public Service Commission
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-06-29· cited 81×
• Morales v. Auto-Owners Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1998-07-28· cited 76×
• Grievance Administrator v. Underwood
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2000-06-27· cited 75×