Steighner v. Mississippi State Bar

How courts have described this case

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

• attorney who continuously neglected a medical malpractice case, failed to respond to a Motion for Summary Judgment, and mislead his client received a 180-day suspension
• 180-day suspension appropriate for inadequate preparation and continual neglect of case resulting in summary judgment
• attorney issued 180 day suspension for neglect of case and failure to respond on behalf of client to motion for summary judgment, resulting in dismissal of client's case
• Steighner suspended for 180 days for continual neglect of his client’s action because he showed little remorse for his actions and did not seem to understand the seriousness of his conduct
• Steighner suspended for 180 days for continual neglect of his client’s action because he showed little remorse for his actions and did not seem to understand the seriousness of his conduct
• attorney engaged in course of \continual\ neglect and inadequate preparation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mississippi Bar v. Lumumba
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-17· cited 40×
• Broome v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 36×
• Mississippi State Bar v. Blackmon
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-05-13· cited 28×
• Mississippi Bar v. Strauss
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 28×
• Mississippi State Bar v. Odom
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-08-22· cited 24×
• Mississippi Bar v. Mathis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 24×
• Asher v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-09-21· cited 23×
• Culpepper v. Mississippi State Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-11-20· cited 20×
• Parrish v. the Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-05· cited 20×
• Hall v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-09· cited 20×
• Mathes v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-06-02· cited 19×
• ATTORNEY Q v. Mississippi State Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 19×
• Harrison v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-05-26· cited 18×
• Mississippi Bar v. Land
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 17×
• The Mississippi Bar v. Hall
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-10-29· cited 17×
• Underwood v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-02-11· cited 17×
• Emil v. the Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-01-09· cited 16×
• Mississippi State Bar v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-04-03· cited 9×
• Alexander v. the Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-02-23· cited 8×
• Shah v. Mississippi Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 5×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Foote v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-12-02· cited 52×
• Myers v. Mississippi State Bar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-07-10· cited 52×
• Vining v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 50×
• Miss. State Bar v. a Miss. Attorney
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-05-21· cited 42×
• Mississippi State Bar Ass'n v. Moyo
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-06-03· cited 41×
• Mississippi State Bar v. Young
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-06-10· cited 41×
• Brumfield v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-10· cited 24×
• Clark v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-15· cited 23×
• Hoffman v. MS State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-06-03· cited 18×
• Goeldner v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-05-11· cited 15×
• Mississippi State Bar v. Edwins
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-16· cited 4×