Legal Opinion
Attorney Grievance Commission v. Brewster
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 21, 1977No. [Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV) No. 7, September Term, 1976.]PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Murphy, C. J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 480 infra.
We shall here hold that although Daniel B. Brewster, a member of the Bar of this Court and a former United States Senator from Maryland, stands convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, because this is not a crime involving moral turpitude and the petition for disciplinary action filed under Maryland Rule BV9 charged him only with conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, the petition must be dismissed.
*474A petition seeking disciplinary action was filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission after Mr. Brewster was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. BrewsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. AgnewCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- United States v. Sam UmansCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Daniel B. BrewsterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Spector v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. FinneseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- In Re CampbellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. SpectorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
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