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State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Foster
995 P.2d 1138
Okla.
2000
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*1 County agement the Board of function as well as over the cor- accomplished neither County aspects jail operation. local in Tulsa nor TCCJA rectional Commissioners jail power to control the or was vested with authority to oust the sheriff and transfer private contractor.29 As control to the guiding ancient

one of the common law’s teaches, quod dot eloquently nemo

beacons give cannot that which one

non habet —one i.e., have, give one can a better

does not no OK 4 possesses.30 thing title to a than one STATE OKLA- ASSOCIATION, BAR HOMA IV Complainant, SUMMARY power “privatize 19 While TCCJA’s FOSTER, Respondent. L. Robert jail”'— place management of i.e. to No. SCBD-4401. entity— facility nongovernmental in a impervious to the indeed be constitu- here, attack launched the act of en- tional operation posi-

trusting that to one iswho 18, 2000. reach of the beyond tioned sheriffs control, As Corrected Jan. oversight disuniformity creates a § fatally offensive to the 46 com- is against mand “local” law on two of the subjects

twenty-eight included the cited regulation county section'—-the uniform uniformity powers to be affairs short,

possessed by county In officials. contract not lacks a TCCJA

statutory sheriffs ouster warrant injects control, impermis- also asymmetry range of uni-

sible into the by powers possessed sheriffs

form over infirmity

the State. That fundamental-law law-imposed by

could amend- be excised

ment which would restore the sheriffs

complete oversight over the business man- U.S.(16 Wall.) 544, by extinguishing statutory pow- Hawley, tions ers. the sheriffs 30. Mitchell v. short, absolutely statutory (1872); In no 21 L.Ed. 322 Snethen v. Oklahoma displacement warrant a contractual Co-op. State Union Farmers Educational and pertinent See the text of 57 O.S.1991 America, sheriff. Union 744(A), supra § 19 O.S.1991 *2 A.M., age a minor the of

touched child under (18) years, eighteen with the intent to com- felony procuring of obscene and inde- mit the in photographs Supp. of 21 cent violation O.S. 3, 1998, September On 1021.2. deferring entered until order was sentence July only The the issue before the of Court involves inappropriate the minor’s breasts and inci- ments made to the minor the dent. 31,1999, hearing August a was held On Responsibility the Professional Tribu-

before (trial panel) at which the Bar Association nal presented findings attorney agreed the fact and conclusions of law with a recom- of attorney privately rep- the mendation that be and that The rimanded costs be agreed testimony and the the facts ORDER panel giving reveal that rise trial the incident 23, 1998, complain- November the On attorney charges the to the criminal involved (Bar ant, Associa- Association viewing subsequently A.M.’s breasts and tion), the charged respondent, making an in which comment (attorney), single pro- with a count Foster attorney indicated that she had the to A.M. misconduct. The fessional they photo- should be nice breasts of Rule alleged violation September the trial graphed.1 On Proceedings, Disciplinary findings conclu- panel issued its of fact and 1-A, 8.4(b), of Rule of Pro- endorsing parties’ agreed of law the sions Conduct, O.S.1991, fessional recommendation attorney hav- allegations All relate to the plea Having on reviewed the ing a contendré June entered nolo stipulations law and of charge response, with the the of assault the fact, along imposition transcript proceeding, felony a the intent to commit and the panel’s trial recommendation five-year deferred The infor- with the of a sentence. parties appeal, we joint of the on relating provides that the brief mation feloniously that: attorney unlawfully, wilfully, and determine taking question concerning ing blouse off. response to a what led without their—their In. Well, issue, explained trying attorney to while I was up at she was do that and to the conduct backwards, family long running looking adjusting a herself had been friend- she was ship parents, exposed. A.M.’s A.M. and the attor- She no- between her breasts were and then incident, attorney day ney. had On the at I had seen said no word ticed that them. I outing. her sister At some taken A.M. and for an at that time. She was somewhat all about that evening, point attorney purchased, at in the about it I it better not to embarrassed and felt request, sports a for the minor. A.M.’s bra say anything movie at that time ... We saw the attorney explain to actions. The was asked my we house. and then went on to Selena transcript provides August got 11 o’clock there and This is about when pp. pertinent part at 16-17: in they ice girls had their decided that —after they you, they have decided cream and what got "... in the front seat her [A.M.] She right go after would to bed because it was put going to and she decided she was sister meantime, sports I was bra on and that trying 11:00. sorry girl, that I the little I said I’m The I told parking place to back she said out accidentally your I said minute, viewed breasts. had just get stop, want to on the wait I seen, ever are not the breasts I’ve try got those in the this on.... But she back seat sorry apologize and about it and I proceeded and I but I'm real and I to back out back seat it, photo- pretty. They they manage they were should don’t know how—how put graphed. ...” of cloth- some women can on those articles fact, panel’s findings 6. The trial committed acts of sexu- conclu- by this as al nature condemned pro- of law and recommendation sions of the Rules Professional violations respondent: in mitigation vides that the Conduct, App. 3-A a) was admitted to the of law on previ- October and has had no *3 O.S.1991, Proceedings, 5 Ch. disciplinary investigations ous com- See, rel. Bar State ex Oklahoma b) menced; complied has with all terms ¶¶ 21, 4-5, Copeland, 1994 Ass’n v. OK probation including and conditions of his [Taking advantage of at- 870 P.2d completion of a minimum of 25 hours relationship by torney-client offensive- c) counseling; is a retired district public rep- ly touching client warrants d) law; judge practice not and and does rimand.]; State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar freely accepts admits his misconduct and ¶ Sopher, 1993 OK Ass’n v. responsibility; sexual advance to- [Uninvited public repri- client warrants ward 7. After a de novo review of the facts and also, ex rel. mand.]. See State Okla- in mitigation including matters offered Miskovsky, Ass’n v. homa Bar attorney’s fifty years prac- almost ¶55, 21, [Sixty day 938 P.2d 744 OK prior discipline, tice without his service suspension imposed on who judiciary, following to the his conduct sexually explic- no remorse for showed response the entrance of his and in inappropriate language it and with two and fact that he no seeking legal in divorce women advice law, practices longer public reprimand cases.]; proper discipline; is the and only inappropriate behavior before disciplinary proceeding Discipline having imposed, the Court this Bar been involves the recover the costs minor’s breasts 6.12, prosecuting complaint. Rule made minor ments Governing Disciplinary Rules Proceed- incident; O.S.1991, 1-A; ings, App. presented clear and 3. The Bar Association 6.6, Pro- professional convincing mis- evidence ceedings, App. 1-A. Rule conduct. ¶ ORDERED, 4 IT IS THEREFORE AD- Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 JUDGED AND DECREED THAT the re- 1-A; ex rel. State Oklahoma Foster, ¶ spondent, Meek, reprimanded Ass’n v. OK 553; 927 P.2d State ex rel. Oklahoma admonished his behavior constituted ¶ Farrant, Bar Ass’n v. 1994 OK unprofessional conduct which will not be con- 1279; 867 P.2d State ex rel. Oklahoma doned this investigating Court. Costs of ¶33, 1, Gasaway, v. Bar Ass’n prosecuting complaint in the amount 826; P.2d are $194.42 by agreed 4. The Court is not bound find BY DONE ORDER OF THE SUPREME ings, of law or recommenda conclusions COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 13th tions for State ex rel. Okla JANUARY, DAY OF Wolfe, homa Bar Ass’n v. 1997 OK ¶ 14, 988; 937 P.2d State ex rel. Okla Leigh, homa Bar Ass’n v. 1996 OK SUMMERS, C.J., LAVENDER, ¶¶ 11-12, 661; 914 P.2d KAUGER, WATT, BOUDREAU, JJ., Discipline may imposed on an attor- concur. ney acting attorney-client outside of an relationship. State ex rel. Oklahoma HARGRAVE, V.C.J., with whom ¶97, 19, Flanery, Bar Ass’n v. 1993 OK HODGES, J., jpins, DISSENTING: 1146; State impose Smith, I would a more severe disci- v. Ass’n 1014; pline.

H41 OPALA, J., DISSENTING: fitness respondent’s direct that 11 would inquired in a full-scale law be into panel. PRT

adversarial

2000 OK 5 Plaintiff/Appellant SLAGELL,

Harold SLAGELL, Es Executor of the

Walter *4 Deceased, Slagell, Maurice

tate of

Defendant/Appellee.

No. 91676. Meacham,

Randolph RANDOLPH S. S. P.C., Oklahoma, MEACHAM, Clinton, for Appellant. F.H. LAW OF- Wright,

F.H. WRIGHT FICE, Appel- City, lee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION HARGRAVE, V.C.J. appeal issue is whether 1 The appellant’s because of

should be dismissed any review preserve issues for failure to were in his motion no errors raised where is controlled Finding the case new trial. Co., Horizons, Leasing Inc. v. Keo (Okla.1984), granted opinion of the and now vacate the certiorari ap- Appeals and dismiss Civil peal.

¶2 action, in Appellant filed an family partnership. One terminate Maurice, brothers, ac- died in an automobile notes principle 381. The ancient dates back to Justini- and 5. Digest, apparently phrase an's comes from jurist Ulpian plus credited to the Roman "nemo County Board Commissioners and potest quam ipse iuris ad alium habet" private pow TCCJAinvested the transferre contractor (no legal rights can one transfer more than one lay beyond ers that those conferred on them Milsom, has). Historical Compensation See Foundations statute. See Workers’ Cowt v. Mer Commission, (Butterworths 1969); it Protection Law 331 Common Carl S. 1226, 1227; Corporation Co. v. Marathon Oil Bjerre, Nega- Out: Secured Transactions Inside Commission, 966, 969-70; 1994 OK 910 P.2d Covenants, Perfection, Pledge Property tive And A, B, C, D, F, Chiles v. Children 260, E and 589 So.2d 84 Cornell L.Rev. (Fla. 1991) (powers 263-264 vested in one government may passed by office of not be it to agency). another

Case Details

Case Name: State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Foster
Court Name: Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Date Published: Jan 19, 2000
Citation: 995 P.2d 1138
Docket Number: SCBD-4401
Court Abbreviation: Okla.
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