No. 23-1274

Brian Philip Manookian v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2024-06-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: attorney-discipline disbarment due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech notice retaliation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the disbarment of an attorney for truthful out-of-court statements about other attorneys violate the First Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The Tennessee Supreme Court disbarred Brian : ‘ Manookian for truthful statements, the majority made ’ out-of-court and about other attorneys, and further ; . increased his disciplinary punishment without notice: 1. Does such action violate the First Amendment ; : to the U.S. Constitution? 2. Does disbarring Mr. Manookian without notice violate the Fourteenth Amendment as stressed by the dissent in Manookian v. TBPR? : ii

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-12
Waiver of right of respondent BOPR of the S. Ct. of Tenn. to respond filed.
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2024-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)
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Attorneys

BOPR of the S. Ct. of Tenn.
James P Urban — Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Brian Manookian
Brian Philip Manookian — Petitioner