Legal Opinion

Matter of Flannery

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 23, 1914PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 11, 1912, disbarring the appellant herein from prac. tice as an attorney and counselor at law.

1Per curiam

The Appellate Division has found the appellant guilty of gross unprofessional conduct and has decreed his disbarment. On this record our power of review is limited to the consideration of the single question whether the finding of guilt has any evidence to sustain it. (Matter of Goodman, 199 N. Y. 143; Matter of Robinson, 209 N. Y. 354.) It is not for us, where the evidence is conflicting, to determine where lies the truth. It is not for us, where opposing inferences may be drawn, to determine which we shall accept and which reject. It is not for us to revise the measure of punishment which -…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matter of RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. Matter of GoodmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1910

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Martin Erdmann v. Harold A. StevensCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  2. In Re the Petition of KaufmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  3. In re ZuckermanNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. In re PadillaNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Matter of HawesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

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