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In Re Gaines

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 21, 1948No. 4 Div. 494PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Petitioner, a disbarred attorney at law, seeks a review of the decision of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar denying his application for reinstatement.

The judgment of disbarment was rested on information charging nineteen incidents of unprofessional conduct, including false swearing, misappropriation of a client’s funds, and lending the use of his name to a disbarred attorney. The judgment was affirmed by this court February 15, 1941. Ex parte Gaines, 241 Ala. 702,1 So.2d 39.

The petition for reinstatement was filed with the Board of Bar Examiners September 26, 1945,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In re KeenanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Gould v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  3. In re EganSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Matter of Application of ShepardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  5. In Re StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. In re StuartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  3. Smiley v. Board of Com'rs of Alabama State BarSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Bonner v. Disciplinary Bd. of Ala. State BarSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  5. In re Reinstatement of JoelSupreme Court of Florida · 1964

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