Legal Opinion
Littlefield v. Fort Dodge Messenger
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1980No. 79-1215PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Paul Littlefield appeals from the dismissal of his libel complaint by the court below.1 We affirm.
On August 6, 1973, in the Fayetteville Circuit Court for the State of Kentucky, Littlefield, a lawyer, pled guilty to the misdemeanor of attempting to commit a felony. He was placed on three years probation which was conditioned in part on his forsaking the practice of law for the duration of the probation.
A little over a year later, the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association reported to the Iowa Supreme Court that Littlefield was…
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