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In Re Application of Strand for Reinstatement to Practice Law

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 10, 1961No. 30,021PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Loevinger, Justice.

This is an application for reinstatement of a disbarred attorney.

Principles applicable to reinstatement of a lawyer were enunciated and discussed by this court in In re Application of Smith for Reinstatement, 220 Minn. 197, 19 N. W. (2d) 324. The cases are extensively reviewed and summarized in Annotation, 70 A. L. R. (2d) 268. There is no doubt as to the applicable principles, and we reaffirm the opinion in In re Application of Smith for Reinstatement, supra.

The purpose of disciplining an attorney is not to punish him but to guard the administration of justice and protect…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Application of Smith for Reinstatement as AttorneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  2. In Re Disbarment of O. B. StrandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In the Matter of HissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. In Re: BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  3. In Re the Reinstatement of PETERSONSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  4. In Re BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  5. In Re Reinstatement to the Practice of Law of KadrieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999

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