In re Ellis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtJohnston, J.
The Richmond County Bar Association submitted a petition to this court alleging that a survey made by its committee on unlawful practice of the law disclosed the existence of a practice *559commonly known as “ ambulance chasing." The petitioner enumerated the methods employed and emphasized the consequences which flow from this practice not only to the injury of litigants but to the discredit of the bar, and prayed that a confidential judicial investigation be ordered.
On June 13, 1938, this court directed that a secret inquiry be made by the Supreme Court, at a Special Term thereof, concerning…
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