Legal Opinion
In re the Petition for Reinstatement to the Bar of Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 22, 1981No. Misc. (BV) No. 10PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Smith and Digges, JJ., dissent. Digges, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 67 infra, in which Smith, J., concurs.
Richard Anthony Barton seeks readmission to the Bar oi Maryland. He was admitted on June 12, 1952 and disbarred on February 7, 1966 by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City which concluded that he had misappropriated money belonging to his clients and had failed to properly represent their interests. This is Barton’s third petition for reinstatement.
We denied his first petition, In Re Barton, 273 Md. 377, 329 A.2d 102 (1974) (Barton I), and followed the recommendation of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. AgnewCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Attorney General of Maryland v. WaldronCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Bar Ass'n v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. FrankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- In Re MeyersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- In Re the Reinstatement of MurrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- In Re BartonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- In re HylandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
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