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In re Finneran

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 11, 2010PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.

This bar discipline matter comes before the court on a reservation and report by a single justice, without decision. The respondent, Thomas M. Finneran, a former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, pleaded guilty on *723January 5, 2007, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to a charge of obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (2000).1 The specific charge was that the respondent wilfully had made misleading and false statements under oath while testifying in his capacity as Speaker in a Federal voting rights lawsuit. A hearing…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. In the Matter of HissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. In the Matter of AlterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. In the Matter of SaabMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  4. In the Matter of the Discipline of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  5. In re TobinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re PatchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  2. In re BurnbaumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  3. In the Matter of DiviacchiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  4. In the Matter of Edward A. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2025
  5. In the Matter of FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023

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