Legal Opinion
In re Thies
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 1978PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
We decline the invitation to reconsider our decision of but a year ago in Matter of Chu (42 NY2d 490) in which we held that, under subdivision 4 of section 90 of the Judiciary Law, conviction of a Federal felony works an automatic disbarment in New York State of a defendant attorney. We then held that it is immaterial that there is no felony analogue under our State statutes matching the Federal felony. As we then noted, this marked a significant departure from our prior holding in Matter of Donegan (282 NY 285).
The thrust, if not the particular application, of the…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In re ChuNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Matter of DoneganNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
4Cited by26 opinions
- In re JohnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Cahn v. Joint Bar Ass'n Grievance CommitteeNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- In re ThiesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- In re HopflNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re Winthrop Drake ThiesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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