Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Townley
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1937No. File No. 6494PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurr, J.
Application is made to this court to assume original jurisdiction in proceedings seeking to punish the defendants for contempt of court in what is termed the illegal practice of law.
The petition says the defendants “have held themselves out as qualified to practice law in this State, without first having been admitted to practice by this Court and without having paid the license fees required by law; have intruded themselves into.the office of and assume to bo attorneys and counsellors at law; have associated themselves together with persons duly licensed to practice law in the unlicensed and…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- State ex rel. Linde v. TaylorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
- People, Ex Rel. v. . Court of Oyer and TermNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- R.I. Bar Asso. v. Auto. Service Asso.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Circuit Court for Eau Claire CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re Darwin Charles BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- State Ex Rel. Johnson v. BakerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
- Nygaard v. Taylor, Stanley v. TaylorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
- State v. StokesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- Northern States Power Co. v. Board of Railroad CommissionersNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1938
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