State ex rel. Sorensen v. Scoville

This proceeding was instituted by the attorney general to discipline an attorney at law. The petition charges that the attorney committed personal misconduct and sustained a disqualifying depreciation in moral and professional character sufficient to warrant disbarment. The specific charge is: “That on October 26, 1929, in the United States district court for the district of Nebraska, Norfolk division, the defendant Ralph J. Scoville was convicted of the felony denounced by section 85 of the Penal Code of the United States of America and consisting of a conspiracy to extort $10,000 in money…