Legal Opinion
In the Matter of George EDELSTEIN, an Attorney
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 15, 2000No. Docket 00-8301PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This motion to stay and revoke an order of disbarment concerns the scope of review appropriate for challenges to “reciprocal discipline” — disbarment or suspension summarily imposed after some other court has taken such action based on a plenary inquiry. George Edelstein moves to stay and revoke this Court’s order of January 10, 2000, disbarring him from practice before this Court. Our action was taken, pursuant to Second Circuit Local Rule 46(f), following Edelstein’s disbarment by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. We…
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