Legal Opinion
In Re Temple
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 11, 1991No. 90-297PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Associate Judge:
The Board of Professional Responsibility (the Board) found that respondent, William Jordan Temple, engaged in serious misconduct between 1979 and 1986 in violation of various disciplinary rules which, absent mitigating factors, would warrant disbarment. The violations cited are not disputed before this court. The principal issue raised is whether an attorney’s addiction to drugs, legally acquired, may be considered as a mitigating factor in imposing sanctions for the attorney’s misconduct. We hold, as the Board recommended, that addiction to prescription drugs lawfully…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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