Legal Opinion

State Board of Examiners in Law v. Byrnes

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 23, 1906No. 14,682PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Order issued from the supreme court upon the accusation and petition of Eli Southworth, as secretary of the state board of examiners in law, requiring defendant, as an attorney at law, to show cause why he should not be disbarred for professional misconduct.

1Per curiam

Respondent, Byrnes, moves the court to dismiss the proceedings against him on the ground that he is not now an attorney and counselor under the laws of the state; he having been heretofore suspended by judgment of the court for the period of two years, which period has not yet. expired. State Board of Examiners in Law v. Byrnes, 93 Minn. 131, 100 N. W. 645. The motion is denied. Respondent still holds his office as an attorney and is subject to the jurisdiction of the court. His former suspension operates simply to deprive him temporarily of the right to practice his profession.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State Board of Examiners in Law v. ByrnesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
  2. In Re Ronald T. Mitchell, Esq. In Re Stafford A. Hilaire, EsqCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  3. State v. SchumacherSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
  4. In Re OliverUtah Supreme Court · 1939
  5. McBrayer v. CravensTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924

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