Robertson v. United States ex rel. Baff

SMITH, Acting Associate Justice.

William E. Baff, enrolled as an attorney entitled to practice in the office of the Commissioner of Patents, was charged with gross misconduct in his capacity as such attorney, and the Commissioner, in an order setting out the charges, cited Baff to show cause why he should not be debarred from practice in the United States Patent Office.

Baff appeared on the hearing of the order to show cause, and objected to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner on the ground that the remedy against him by those aggrieved, was a civil suit rather than disbarment. He also claims…