Legal Opinion · Concurrence

In re Silkman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 25, 1903Published

Original proceedings for the suspension or disbarment of Theodore H. Silkman, as attorney and counselor at law. On return to an order to show cause. Motion for suspension denied.

1Concurrence

WOODWARD, J. (concurring).

I would content myself with a simple concurrence in the views expressed by Mr. Justice HIRSCHBERG were it not that I feel that the dissenting opinion of Presiding Justice GOODRICH does not present the correct view of the law in so far as it relates to the question of population for political and administrative purposes. In passing, it may be proper to suggest that, while the definitions quoted from the standard dictionaries correctly defined the word “malpractice” in the abstract, I am, clearly of the opinion that, as applied to practitioners before this court, it…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Cherokee Nation v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
  4. Dred Scott v. SandfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  5. Matter of Application of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

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