In the Matter of the Los Angeles County Pioneer Society, a Corporation, Debtor

(concurring) .

An examination of the record and of the opinion of the trial judge in this case, In the Matter of Lavine, D.C., 126 F. Supp. 39, will indicate that the respondent had notice that he was in trouble, but he didn’t have notice, I take it, that the penalty was to be so severe.

Most of the cases on “off the handle” disbarment carefully recognize that there is an inherent power to disbar an attorney in a proper case, without notice or any other formality, but the cases neglect to describe a “proper case.” Randall v. Brigham, 7 Wall. 523, 74 U.S. 523, 19 L.Ed. 285; In re Claiborne, 1…