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STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA BAR ASS'N v. HINE

No. SCBD 4155.

937 P.2d 996 (1997)

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Katherine HINE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janis Hubbard, Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Complainant.

Katherine Hine, Columbus, OH, Pro Se.

LAVENDER, Justice.

In this disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer we are called upon to decide an issue of first impression: whether a licensed practitioner who is not an advocate for any parties in a pending case may nonetheless communicate ex parte with the trial judge about issues in the matter which the court has under consideration.

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