State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• deciding quo warranto action brought to enjoin non-attorney from engaging in unauthorized practice of law
• A voluntary unincorporated association of individuals without a separate legal status could be represented in court only by a duly licensed attorney admitted to practice law.
• A voluntary unincorporated association of individuals without a separate legal status could be represented in court only by a duly licensed attorney admitted to practice law.
• “practice of law” has been explained to be “ ‘ “the rendition of services requiring the knowledge and application of legal principles and technique to serve the interests of another with his consent.” ’ ”
• only those licensed to practice law in Kansas may do so

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Williamson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-12-05· cited 70×
• Spirit of the Avenger Ministries v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-01-25· cited 28×
• Kansas Bar Ass'n v. Judges of the Third Judicial District
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-12-15· cited 28×
• Stewart Title of the Midwest, Inc. v. Reece & Nichols Realtors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-05-11· cited 25×
• Christiansen v. Melinda
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1993-08-13· cited 21×
• Utah State Bar v. Summerhayes & Hayden, Public Adjusters
  Utah Supreme Court· 1995-11-03· cited 19×
• Alexander & Baldwin , LLC v. Armitage.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2022-04-05· cited 14×
• Atchison Homeless Shelters, Inc. v. County of Atchison
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1997-10-10· cited 10×
• In Re Miller
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-08-13· cited 9×
• State Ex Rel. Stovall v. Martinez
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2000-02-11· cited 8×
• McCormick v. City of Lawrence, Kansas
  D. Kansas· 2003-03-07· cited 6×
• Stark v. Fifarek (In re Fifarek)
  W.D. Michigan· 2007-06-20· cited 6×
• In Re Harrison
  D. Kansas· 1995-08-23· cited 5×
• In Re Flack
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2001-10-26· cited 4×
• Forbes v. St. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-03-05· cited 4×
• State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Price
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2007-12-07· cited 2×
• Kisor v. ADVANTAGE 2000 CONSULTANTS, INC.
  D. Kansas· 2011-06-30· cited 1×
• In Re Roswold
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-04-22
• Attorney General Opinion No.
  Kansas Attorney General Reports· 1995-08-15
• Attorney General Opinion No.
  Kansas Attorney General Reports· 1994-01-26