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Geoffrey Parker Damon v. Cincinnati Bar Association

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Ohio, No. 2013-1984 · judgment February 6, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

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. 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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Geoffrey P. Damon

For respondent
Edwin W. Patterson III

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. May 28 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Cincinnati Bar Association to respond filed.
  4. May 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2019)