In Re the New Jersey State Bar Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodine, J.

In the spring of 1932, discovery was made that a certain equity receiver had embezzled a large sum of money entrusted to his care by the court of chancery. It had long been apparent that certain of the officers of the court lacked in public confidence. Certain favored appointees were rewarded with a lavish hand and private property rights were not uniformly safeguarded. Judicial proprieties, to say the least, were often disregarded, as well as the inherent rights of litigants, witnesses and counsel. The State Bar Association petitioned the…