Legal Opinion
In Re Pyle
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 27, 2007No. 96,579PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
This contested disciplinary matter arises as a result of respondent E. Thomas Pyle’s reaction to his published censure in an earlier disciplinary case, In re Pyle, 278 Kan. 230, 91 P.3d 1222 (2004) (Pyle I).
On July 12 and 13, 2004, after this court issued its opinion in Pyle I, the Hutchinson News and the McPherson Sentinel and Sentinet: ran articles discussing the respondent’s censure. On July 14, 2004, the respondent sent a lengthy letter to more than 281 friends, clients, and family members. The first section of the letter read in pertinent part:
“The purpose of this letter is to provide…
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