No. 24-747

Erik Cooper v. Tennessee, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2025-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: agency-policy court-rules disciplinary-proceedings judicial-ethics legal-accountability procedural-integrity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-03-07 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the public can maintain trust or confidence in a state supreme court if the court ignores its own rules and its agency's own policies and rules governing the investigation of disciplinary complaints

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the public can maintain trust or confidence in a state supreme court if the court ignores its own rules and its agency ’s own policies and rules governing the investigation of disciplinary complaints.1. Whether a state court can ignore public reports of its agency ’s violations of court rules and the agency ’s policies and rules during the administration of disciplinary complaints.2.

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent State of Tennessee, et al. to respond filed.
2025-01-13
Motion Granted.
2025-01-13
Motion (24M48) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted
2024-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-18
MOTION (24M48) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-08-11
Motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2024-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 13, 2025)

Attorneys

Erik Cooper
Erik Cooper — Petitioner
State of Tennessee, et al.
Kristen A. BellOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General , Respondent