Legal Opinion
Harris L. Kimball v. The Florida Bar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1976No. 75-1005PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, who was disbarred in 1957 for engaging in a homosexúal act on a public beach, State v. Kimball, 96 So.2d 825 (Fla.1957), 1 challenges the lower court’s stay based on abstention in his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), against the State Bar of Florida. Below he attacked the constitutionality 2 of his disbarment and of rule 11.02(3) of article XI of the integration rule of the Florida Bar, which provides that an attorney may be disciplined for any act contrary to “good morals.” In the court below, appellant sought declarations that his disbarment was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Harman v. ForsseniusSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Kusper v. PontikesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sands v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Thomas D. Boles v. Greeneville Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Carl McCulloch and Nora Dell McCulloch Cross-Appellants v. Thomas Glasgow, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Lonnie Pickle, Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellee v. International Oilfield Divers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Katherine Jeffries v. Georgia Residential Finance Authority, Harriet J. MacKlin Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Shaw v. ShawMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
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