Legal Opinion
In Re Donald E. Wilkes, an Attorney
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1974No. 72-1399PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Donald E. Wilkes, the movant-appel-lant, brings this appeal from the judgment of the district court dismissing his “Motion to Confirm Credentials to Practice Before the Courts of the Southern District” of Florida. We reverse and remand for a hearing on the allegations contained in Wilkes’s motion.
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Wilkes was admitted to the Bar of Florida in 1950. He was also a member of the New York Bar. In 1960 the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, disbarred Wilkes upon the recommendation of a referee appointed by the Griev-anee Committee of the Bar Association of the City of…
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