No. 23-1274
Brian Philip Manookian v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Response Waived
Tags: attorney-discipline disbarment due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech notice retaliation
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
The Tennessee Supreme Court disbarred Brian
Manookian for truthful statements, the majority made
out-of-court and about other attorneys, and further
increased his disciplinary punishment without notice:
1. Does such action violate the First Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution?
2. Does disbarring Mr. Manookian without notice
violate the Fourteenth Amendment as stressed
by the dissent in Manookian v. TBPR ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the disbarment of an attorney for truthful out-of-court statements about other attorneys violate the First Amendment?
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-12
Waiver of right of respondent BOPR of the S. Ct. of Tenn. to respond filed.
2024-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)
Attorneys
BOPR of the S. Ct. of Tenn.
James P Urban — Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Brian Manookian
Brian Philip Manookian — Petitioner