Legal Opinion · Concurrence

In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Harriet Bouslog Sawyer, a Member of the Territorial Bar of the Territory of Hawaii, 1

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 17, 1958No. 15109Published

1Concurrence

BARNES, Circuit Judge (concurring, in whose concurring opinion Judges HEALY, FEE and CHAMBERS concur).

I agree with Judge CHAMBERS in his holding that the respondent’s conduct was grossly improper.

Unquestionably, this Court has jurisdiction in this cause where constitutional objections are raised as to a disbarment proceeding, because the question of according due process of law to the lawyer is always involved. Therefore, this Court has the authority to examine the proceedings. The panel which first heard the cause and now the whole court, with one dissenting judge, agree to this proposition.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

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  2. O'Donoghue v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. De Castro v. Board of Comm'rs of San JuanSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Waialua Agricultural Co. v. ChristianSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Mookini v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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