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10 Kentucky opinions name it 2 courts 1994–2025 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Kentucky courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Zurich Insurance Co. v. Knottsgreen2 sentences2024Co. v. Knotts, 52 S.W.3d 555, 558 (Ky. 2001) (reviewing a Trial Court’s order disqualifying an attorney for violating SCR 3.130(3.7)(a)). 2024Co. v. Knotts, 52 S.W.3d 555, 558 (Ky. 2001) (reviewing a Trial Court’s order disqualifying an attorney for violating SCR 3.130(3.7)(a)). | 2 | 2 |
Wilson v. Askewgreen2 sentences2025See Wilson v. Askew, 568 S.W.3d 375, 380 (Ky. App. 2019) (citations omitted). -12- employee argued that he was not aware his actions were an ethical violation, but the Flint Court stated that the statute did not require the offender to act “knowingly” and thus, a person’s impression that conduct is legal does not negate his culpability. 2025Id. | 1 | 1 |
Nix v. Whitesidegreen2 sentences2017See Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157, 165 , 106 S.Ct. 988 , 89 L.Ed.2d 123 (1986) (“[B]reach, of an ethical standard does not necessarily make out a denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantee of assistance of counsel.”). 2017See Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157, 165 , 106 S.Ct. 988 , 89 L.Ed.2d 123 (1986) (“[B]reach, of an ethical standard does not necessarily make out a denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantee of assistance of counsel.”). | 1 | 1 |
Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Greenegreen1 sentence2015Though it appears that Hill was never actually criminally charged as a result of this payment, - ^an attorney can be guilty of [an ethical violation] even in the absence of criminal charges or a conviction.” KBA v. Greene, 386 S.W.3d 717, 730 (Ky.2012) (citing KBA v. McDaniel, 205 S.W.3d 201 (Ky.2006)). 4 . | 1 | 1 |
Donald K. Stern v. United States District Court for the District of Massachusettsgreen1 sentence2014Ct., 214 F.3d 4, 20 (1st Cir.2000) (reviewing local rule 3.8(0, requiring prosecutors get prior judicial approval before subpoenaing an attorney in a grand jury proceeding and holding it was “more than an ethical standard”; instead, "[i]t add[ed] a novel procedural step ... and ... ordain[ed] that the hearing be conducted with new substantive standards in mind.”). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kentucky. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Rose v. Winters, Yonker & Rousselle, P.S.C.
green
1 sentence2024In Rose v. Winters, Yonkers & Rousselle, P.S.C., 391 S.W.3d 871 (Ky. 2012), the Kentucky Supreme Court simply held that a violation of an ethical rule by itself cannot be the basis for a civil suit against an attorney, although such a violation may serve as evidence in such a civil suit. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. McDaniel
green
1 sentence2015Though it appears that Hill was never actually criminally charged as a result of this payment, - ^an attorney can be guilty of [an ethical violation] even in the absence of criminal charges or a conviction.” KBA v. Greene, 386 S.W.3d 717, 730 (Ky.2012) (citing KBA v. McDaniel, 205 S.W.3d 201 (Ky.2006)). 4 . | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul
green
2 sentences2014Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul, 373 U.S. 132, 143 , 83 S.Ct. 1210 , 10 L.Ed.2d 248 (1963). . 2014Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul, 373 U.S. 132, 143 , 83 S.Ct. 1210 , 10 L.Ed.2d 248 (1963). . | 1 | 2014–2014 |
Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Womack
green
1 sentence2013A finding of guilt under Count I [the failure to charge a reasonable fee count] would essentially be a finding that he was guilty of an ethical violation on a non-existing contingency fee.... 269 S.W.3d at 413-14 . | 1 | 2013–2013 |
Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Profumo
green
1 sentence2008The circuit court did not go so far as to say this constituted an ethical violation warranting suspension from the practice of law but recognized it could rise to that level under Profumo, supra, if it was done in an attempt to hide from the district court the true fees paid to Fernandez. 16 . | 1 | 2008–2008 |
Jcjd v. Rjcr
green
2 sentences1994The ethical rule in question is more narrow than the issue denounced by this Court in J.C.J.D. v. R.J.C.R., Ky., 803 S.W.2d 953 (1991). 1994The ethical rule in question is more narrow than the issue denounced by this Court in J.C.J.D. v. R.J.C.R., Ky., 803 S.W.2d 953 (1991). | 1 | 1994–1994 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.