Professional Responsibility Legal Ethics

Cases Applying This Concept

• In the Matter of the 2013 ELECTION12 Am. Tribal Law 151
• Chad SMITH v. CHEROKEE NATION ELECTION COMMISSION and Bill John Baker12 Am. Tribal Law 349
• Mae Y. SANDOVAL v. NAVAJO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, And Concerning Leo Johnson, Jr., Real Party in Interest11 Am. Tribal Law 112
• ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS and Doyle Webb, on Behalf of the Republican Party of Arkansas v. PULASKI COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION Leonard A. Boyle, Sr., Chris Burks, and Alex Reed, In their Official Capacities as the Commissioners of the Pulaski County Election Commission And Larry Crane, In his Official Capacity as the Pulaski County Circuit/County Clerk437 S.W.3d 80
• Dale TSOSIE and Hank Whitethorne v. NAVAJO BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS and The Navajo Election Administration12 Am. Tribal Law 298
• PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC. v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY101 F. Supp. 3d 490
• Ilona AYLWARD and Valentina Krasnova, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant781 F. Supp. 2d 272
• CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, Et Al. v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Et Al.781 F. Supp. 2d 340
• Beatrice B. MCWATERS, Et Al. v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Et Al.408 F. Supp. 2d 221
• LA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)141 F. Supp. 3d 681
• Beatrice B. McWATERS v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY237 F.R.D. 155
• Diane RIDGELY; Judy Sturken; David Bellinger; Tamica Dickson, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; United States Department of Homeland Security; Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; R. David Paulison, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; And Their Successors in Office, Defendants-Appellants512 F.3d 727
• Beatrice B. McWATERS, Et Al. v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Et Al.436 F. Supp. 2d 802
• CITY OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY and R. David Paulison, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of United Air Lines, Inc., Et Al., Proposed Intervenors/Appellants660 F.3d 980
• GREAT RIVERS HABITAT ALLIANCE; The Adolphus A. Busch Revocable Living Trust, Appellants, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; Department of Homeland Security; William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Appellees615 F.3d 985
• ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY384 F. Supp. 3d 1111
• FRIENDS OF ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI CHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee658 F.3d 460
• FOREST GUARDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee410 F.3d 1214
• SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Et Al., Defendants-Appellees446 F.3d 808
• KENYON INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC. v. Mark MALCOLM Grady Bray Ronald Crane, Jr. Disaster Management International Corporation Bray Associates Crisis Human Services, Inc Marjorie Bray Leah Hawley Kathy Rock James Fairbrother Sharon Fairbrother421 F. App'x 413
• Strickland v. Washington466 U.S. 668
• Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.6Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.6
• Kyles v. Whitley514 U.S. 419
• Nix v. Whiteside475 U.S. 157
• In re Gatti8 P.3d 966
• People v. Corona80 A.D.2d 233
• United States v. Cronic466 U.S. 648
• Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc.515 U.S. 618
• In re Snyder472 U.S. 634
• United States v. Wunsch84 F.3d 1110
• Miranda v. Arizona384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Caplin & Drysdale v. United States491 U.S. 617
• Wheat v. United States486 U.S. 153
• Imbler v. Pachtman424 U.S. 409
• RPC v. Simmonds[2000] 3 WLR 1125
• ABA Formal Op. 2001-421ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 2001-421
• Johnson v. Board of County Commissioners85 F.3d 489
• Hendry v. United States418 F.2d 774
• State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Addison226 Neb. 557
• United States v. Fumo659 F.3d 241
• People v. Rouse421 N.W.2d 177
• In re R., a Solicitor[1991] 2 WLR 1082
• United States v. Fischer839 F.3d 321
• Hoffman v. United States341 U.S. 479
• ABA Formal Op. 2019-482ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 2019-482
• United States v. Agosto675 F.2d 965
• In re Disciplinary Proceedings of Thompson737 N.W.2d 71
• State v. Jones208 P.3d 630
• Salomon v. United States137 S. Ct. 2108
• Berger v. United States295 U.S. 78

Exam Application

Apply professional responsibility legal ethics by identifying the relevant facts, citing the leading case, and explaining the ratio.