judicial-discipline
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-614 | Michael Prete v. Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 2024-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | attorney-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-discipline professional-conduct | Is it a violation of the First Amendment for an attorney to be disciplined (let alone stripped of his law license) for Constitutionally Protected spee… |
| 23-747 | Marylin Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland | Maryland | 2024-01-10 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | actual-malice civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline legal-ethics new-york-times-v-sullivan professional-conduct rules-of-professional-conduct | Does the actual malice test of New York Times v. Sullivan protect lawyers' First Amendment rights in disciplinary proceedings? |
| 23-657 | Michelle MacDonald v. Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility | Minnesota | 2023-12-18 | Denied | Response Waived | attorney-discipline attorney-speech client-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-power judicial-discipline judicial-integrity professional-conduct | 1. Whether a free speech right to impugn judicial integrity must be recognized for attorneys in order to reclaim their First Amendment Rights in invok… |
| 21-753 | Trina L. Janura v. John J. Janura, Jr. | West Virginia | 2021-11-19 | Denied | 14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct recusal | 1. Did the non-disclosure and non-recusal from either the circuit court or the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals both violate the petitioner's ri… | |
| 21-227 | Venus Y. Springs v. North Carolina State Bar | North Carolina | 2021-08-17 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-litigation due-process evidence first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline north-carolina standing | I. Whether the N.C. Court of Appeals erred in holding that Springs' posting of a deposition video --long after the proceedings were concluded -- in or… |
| 20-677 | John T. Laettner v. California Commission on Judicial Performance | California | 2020-11-17 | Denied | Response Waived | due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline judicial-performance notice rebuttal-evidence right-to-be-heard speech-restraint | This Writ seeks review of a Decision by the California Commission on Judicial Performance to remove Judge John T. Laettner from service on the Contra … |
| 19-6695 | Ilana Rigwan v. Jordan Lee Neus | Florida | 2019-11-25 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | court-procedure court-records docket-alteration evidence-tampering judicial-accountability judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-transparency legal-accountability public-trust | Q: Should Judges be allowed to alter dockets and go unpunished? (Many) Judges don't base their judgements on the merits of the case, include all of th… |