Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Griffith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 12, 1965No. 6 Div. 194PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
On 10 July 1964, the Grievance Committee of the Alabama Bar Association filed charges against John Ike Griffith, a member of the Bar of this state. These charges allege unprofessional conduct against Griffith because of his activity and participation in obtaining a number of so-called “quickie” divorces in several courts of this state. A list of such cases was filed as an exhibit to the charges.
On 15 January 1965, the original charges and exhibits were amended to include some 41 such divorce cases in Winston County Circuit Court (Haleyville Division) and 269 such divorce…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Attorney General v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Ex parte DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Ex Parte ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- State ex rel. Wilkinson v. LaneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Brasseaux v. GirouardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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