No. 18-1399

Geoffrey Parker Damon v. Cincinnati Bar Association

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2019-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 5th-amendment-14th-amendment attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violation disbarment disciplinary-process disparate-treatment due-process equal-protection legal-profession race-discrimination racial-discrimination reinstatement reverse-discrimination reverse-race-discrimination
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an order of permanent disbarment against Petitioner as a result of reverse race discrimination against Caucasian attorneys

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW : 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an order of permanent disbarment against Petitioner as a result. of reverse race discrimination against Caucasian attorneys, when compared with similarly situated African American attorneys, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2. Whether Petitioner was subjected to disparate treatment in violation of the United States © Constitution, by being disciplined more harshly in : the disciplinary process, when compared to the ; discipline given to similarly situated African American attorneys for similar or more egregious misconduct, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. . ii

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-28
Waiver of right of respondent Cincinnati Bar Association to respond filed.
2019-05-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Cincinnati Bar Association
Edwin W. Patterson III — Respondent
Edwin W. Patterson III — Respondent
Geoffrey P. Damon
Geoffrey P. Damon — Petitioner
Geoffrey P. Damon — Petitioner