Legal Opinion
O'BRYAN v. Chandler
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided February 28, 1973No. 67-88PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATTISTI, * Chief Judge:
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This most significant case concerns a man who for more than twenty-nine years has been a United States District Judge. In 1958 he was sitting in a protracted and complex Bankruptcy Reorganization case, 1 over which he had unquestioned jurisdiction. In that action Judge Chandler determined that the plaintiff, W. H. Pat O’Bryan, a practicing lawyer and tax accountant, had filed a fraudulent and fabricated claim for attorneys fees of over one million dollars against the bankrupt estate. He denied the claim. Subsequently O’Bryan was disbarred.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Willingham v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Fritzlen v. Boatmen's BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Stephen S. Chandler, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma v. William H. Pat O'BryanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by5 opinions
- W. H. Pat O'Bryan v. Stephen S. ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Feller v. National EnquirerDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1983
- Bagwell v. BrannumDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1982
- Lowell v. McDavidDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
- W. H. Pat O'Bryan v. Stephen S. ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974