Legal Opinion

Mississippi State Bar Ass'n v. Wade

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1964No. 43127PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Brady, Tom P., J.

The petitioner-appellee was disbarred by the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, on April 31, 1954, because of conduct dishonest, inexcusable, and wholly contrary to his responsibilities as a member of the bar. Upon appeal the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed the decree of the lower court on May 2, 1955, which decree is reported in 224 Miss. 197, 79 So. 2d 727.

The petitioner filed a petition for reinstatement in the Circuit Court of Hinids County, Mississippi subsequent to May 4, 1957. After an investigation by a committee of the Hinds County Bar Association…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. BrodsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Ex Parte MarshallMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. In re DaviesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  4. In the Matter of EbbsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  5. People ex rel. Moses v. GoodrichIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Burgin v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. In Re Reinstatement of HollemanMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Mississippi State Bar v. PhillipsMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Phillips v. Mississippi State BarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Matter of Reinstatement of NixonMississippi Supreme Court · 1993

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