In Re Joseph D Morrissey’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “While none of the federal courts of appeals seem to have considered this matter, and the opinion of no district court on the subject has come to our attention, we note that all of the States which have considered the question have come to the same conclusion, which is that an attorney may be disbarred for conduct which occurred during the time his license to practice law is suspended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barrett v. STATE BAR EX REL. SECOND DISTRICT COMMITTEE

2. “Disbarment is the severance of the status and privileges of an attorney, whereas suspension is the temporary forced withdrawal from the exercise of office, powers, prerogatives, and privileges of a member of the bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barrett v. STATE BAR EX REL. SECOND DISTRICT COMMITTEE

3. “the three judge ... panel had no jurisdiction over [him] to inquire into conduct which occurred while [he] was suspended from the practice of law before the district court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barrett v. STATE BAR EX REL. SECOND DISTRICT COMMITTEE