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6 Wyoming opinions name it 1 courts 1884–1990 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Wyoming 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 |
|---|---|---|
Albright v. Burnsgreen2 sentences1990Super. 625 , 503 A.2d 386, 389 (1986), which states: Further, a member of the bar owes a fiduciary duty to persons, though not strictly clients, who he knows or should know rely on him in his professional capacity. * * * We think it follows that privity should not be required between the attorney and one harmed by his breach of duty where the attorney had reason to foresee the specific harm which occurred. 1990See Albright v. Burns, 206 N.J.Super. 625 , 503 A.2d 386, 389 (1986), which states: Further, a member of the bar owes a fiduciary duty to persons, though not strictly clients, who he knows or should know rely on him in his professional capacity. * * * We think it follows that privity should not be required between the attorney and one harmed by his breach of duty where the attorney had reason to foresee the specific harm which occurred. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Wyoming. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Nollsch v. City of Rock Springs
green
1 sentence1987Nollsch v. City of Rock Springs, supra. Appellant claims next that he was denied his right to counsel of choice and that the municipal court refused to allow anyone other than a member of the bar to represent him. | 1 | 1987–1987 |
In re Landis
neutral
2 sentences1980In In re Landis, 21 A.D.2d 488 , 251 N.Y.S.2d 139 (1964), respondent, who had been a member of the New York Bar for 15 years, had a “brilliant career in public service,” had been active in administrative law and been “dean of one of the outstanding law schools of the nation,” contended he was not unfit to be a member of the bar and that absorption with public affairs, several trying personal experiences and “a psychiatric condition of compulsive procrastination,” excused his failure to file income tax returns for five years. 1980In In re Landis, 21 A.D.2d 488 , 251 N.Y.S.2d 139 (1964), respondent, who had been a member of the New York Bar for 15 years, had a “brilliant career in public service,” had been active in administrative law and been “dean of one of the outstanding law schools of the nation,” contended he was not unfit to be a member of the bar and that absorption with public affairs, several trying personal experiences and “a psychiatric condition of compulsive procrastination,” excused his failure to file income tax returns for five years. | 1 | 1980–1980 |
In Re McDonald
green
2 sentences1938Where an attorney had been admitted to practice law in Indiana upon presentation of a certificate admitting him as an attorney at law in the State of Kentucky, when as a matter of fact he had theretofore been disbarred in the latter state, this resulted, in the case of In re McDonald, 200 Ind. 424 , 164 N. E. 261 , in the affirmance of an order of a subordinate court rescinding a previous order admitting him to practice law in the State of Indiana, the court saying: “The use of the Kentucky license before the committee had the practical effect of a representation that appellant was then a memb 1938Where an attorney had been admitted to practice law in Indiana upon presentation of a certificate admitting him as an attorney at law in the State of Kentucky, when as a matter of fact he had theretofore been disbarred in the latter state, this resulted, in the case of In re McDonald, 200 Ind. 424 , 164 N. E. 261 , in the affirmance of an order of a subordinate court rescinding a previous order admitting him to practice law in the State of Indiana, the court saying: “The use of the Kentucky license before the committee had the practical effect of a representation that appellant was then a memb | 1 | 1938–1938 |
In Re Disbarment of Oliver A. Leverson
green
2 sentences1938Where an attorney had been admitted to practice law in Indiana upon presentation of a certificate admitting him as an attorney at law in the State of Kentucky, when as a matter of fact he had theretofore been disbarred in the latter state, this resulted, in the case of In re McDonald, 200 Ind. 424 , 164 N. E. 261 , in the affirmance of an order of a subordinate court rescinding a previous order admitting him to practice law in the State of Indiana, the court saying: “The use of the Kentucky license before the committee had the practical effect of a representation that appellant was then a memb 1938Where an attorney had been admitted to practice law in Indiana upon presentation of a certificate admitting him as an attorney at law in the State of Kentucky, when as a matter of fact he had theretofore been disbarred in the latter state, this resulted, in the case of In re McDonald, 200 Ind. 424 , 164 N. E. 261 , in the affirmance of an order of a subordinate court rescinding a previous order admitting him to practice law in the State of Indiana, the court saying: “The use of the Kentucky license before the committee had the practical effect of a representation that appellant was then a memb | 1 | 1938–1938 |
In re the Motion to Admit Mosness to the Bar of this Court
green
1 sentence1919The Supreme Court of that state held in The Matter of the Motion to Admit Ole Mosness, Esq., a non-resident attorney, to the Bar of that 'Court, 39 Wis. 509 ', that he could not be admitted and licensed as a member of the bar of that state; but that the practice of the courts of record in the several states to admit members of the bar in other states tO’ appear as counsel on the trial or argument of causes ex gratia, for the occasion, was what was intended by the statute, saying: “It would be an anomaly, dangerous to the safe administration of justice, that the office should be filled by perso | 1 | 1919–1919 |
In re Tilden
neutral
1 sentence1884In re Tilden, (Cal.) 25 Pac. | 1 | 1884–1884 |
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