In re Shaughnessy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the Court
The respondent, William H. Shaughnessy, appeals from the judgment of a single justice of this court adjudicating him in contempt of an order suspending him from the practice of law, see Matter of Shaughnessy, 442 Mass. 1012 (2004), and ordering an additional period of suspension.1 We affirm.
The respondent did not contest either the factual allegations contained in bar counsel’s petition for contempt, or the evidence submitted in support of it. We consider those facts established for purposes of appeal. Matter of McInerney, 389 Mass. 528, 529 (1983). On those facts, the single justice did not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- In THE MATTER OF McINERNEYMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- In re ShaughnessyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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