Randall v. Brigham
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. This action was brought by the plaintiff, who was formerly an attorney and counsellor-at-law in Massachusetts, 'against the defendant, who was. one of the justices of the Superior Court of that State, for an alleged wrongful removal by him, of the plaintiff from the bar.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. This action was brought by the plaintiff, who was formerly an attorney and counsellor-at-law in Massachusetts, 'against the defendant, who was. one of the justices of the Superior Court of that State, for an alleged wrongful removal by him, of the plaintiff from the bar. The substantial facts, as established by the evidence produced by the plaintiff", and by the records of the State court, introduced by consent, upon which the removal was made, were these r- .• In August, 1864, one Leighton was afrested upon a charge of larceny,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice FIELD,
after stating the case, delivered.the. opinion of the court, as follows:
The, Sup'erior Court o'f Massachusetts is a court of general jurisdiction, and is empowered by statute to admit attorneys and counsellors to practise in the courts of the.State,-upon evidence of their possessing good moral character, and of having devoted a prescribed number of years to the study of the law, in the office of some attorney in the State, and ,to remove them “for any deceit, malpractice, or other gross' misconduct;”
Both the admission and the removal 'of attorneys are judicial acts. It has…
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