Legal Opinion
In Re Manville
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1988No. 84-1362, 87-92 and 87-93PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON HEARING/REHEARING EN BANC
Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and MACK, NEWMAN, FERREN, BELSON, TERRY, ROGERS, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges. BELSON, Associate Judge:
A common feature marks the backgrounds of the three applicants for admission to the bar whose cases are before us — each was convicted over a decade ago of a felony. Each of the three, Daniel E. Manville, Walter Strauss and George L. Brooks, attempts to overcome that obstacle to admission by demonstrating thorough rehabilitation over a period that extends ten years or more after their respective releases from confinement. This is…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
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