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

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Division, No. M2022-00075-SC-R3-BP · judgment February 16, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

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?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian Philip Manookian

For respondent
James P Urban
Office of the Tennessee Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 26 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jun 12 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent BOPR of the S. Ct. of Tenn. to respond filed.
  4. May 16 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)