Ethics

Two cases granted certiorari by the Supreme Court yesterday may be of particular interest to LEF readers. 

Fox v. Vice involves the award of attorney's fees under a fee-shifting statute in civil rights litigation (questions presented here).

Turner v. Price addresses an indigent defendant's constitutional right to appointed counsel at a civil contempt proceeding that results in his incarceration.  The parties also were asked to address whether the Court has jurisdiction to review the decision below from the South Carolina Supreme Court (questions presented here).