all - Opinion Summaries

QUINTERO v. CITY OF SANTA ANA

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
There was a clear appearance of bias and unfairness at an administrative hearing before the Santa Ana Personnel Board, where a city attorney that...

US. v. GUTIERREZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
When defendant's stand-by counsel was approached by defendant's wife about her participation as a witness, the attorney was permitted under Minnesota...

PINCAY v. ANDREWS

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Law firm for defendant failed to meet the "excusable neglect" requirement for a Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure rule 4(a)(5) motion for extension...

FABIANO v. HOPKINS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Neither the City of Boston nor the individual defendants may be liable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for terminating a city-employed attorney for...

2,022 RANCH, L.L.C. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (CHICAGO TITLE INS. CO.)

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
Court erred in failing to review each deposition question and withheld document to determine which constituted factual investigation of the claim and...

SNIDER v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (QUANTUM PRODUCTIONS, INC.)

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Plaintiff-attorney's appeal of disqualification is reversed because there was no violation of California's State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct,...

BGJ ASSOC., LLC v. WILSON

Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trial court's refusal to enforce an agreement between attorney and client is affirmed as the evidence demonstrates that attorney's conduct was in...

SYNERGY ASSOC., INC. v. SUN BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court's appointment of defendant as pro bono counsel is reversed where the appointment did not comply with the Northern District of...

GALLO v. US DIST. COURT FOR THE DIST. OF ARIZONA

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
District court ruling that appellant may no longer appear before the District of Arizona without successful completion of a pro hac vice application...

BUTLER v. BIOCORE MED. TECH., INC.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court order finding that plaintiff violated Canon 9 and MRPC 8.4(g)is affirmed where, the finding that an attorney has committed an ethical...