Legal Opinion

In re Mains

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1899PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Petition by Clement Smith, circuit judge of Calhoun county, to have the name of Charles E. Mains stricken from the roll of attorneys.

1Opinion of the CourtMoobe, J.

This is a proceeding brought to have the name of respondent striken from the roll of attorneys because of his having made upon the records and files of the circuit court of Calhoun county charges of corruption and conspiracy on the part of the circuit judge, which charges were well calculated to bring the court into disrepute. The case has been tried here in open court, where every opportunity has been given to the respondent to show the truthfulness of his charges, and to show why he should not be disbarred. The papers filed in the proceedings and the testimony are too voluminous to make it…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In the Matter of EldridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  2. In re ShepardMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  3. People ex rel. Rogers v. GreenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
  4. In re WoolMichigan Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by19 opinions

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  5. Cobb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909

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