Legal Opinion

Werner v. State Bar

California Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1954No. L. A. 22699PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

The petitioner, Erwin P. Werner, was disbarred from the practice of the law in 1944. In 1951 he petitioned for reinstatement. A Special Administrative Committee of the State Bar recommended that the petition be denied upon finding that the petitioner had failed sufficiently to establish his rehabilitation. The matter is now before this court for a review of the action of the Board of Governors in approving the report of the committee and in declining to recommend that the petitioner be reinstated.

The petitioner is 61 years of age. He was admitted to the bar in 1916. In 1937 by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In re CoffeyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  2. People v. WernerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Lantz v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Preston v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange v. CalkinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Resner v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Calaway v. State Bar of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Calaway v. State Bar of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Transworld Systems, Inc. v. RoganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
  5. Transworld Systems, Inc. v. RoganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989

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