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In re Van Wyck

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Nov 21, 1947
29 N.W.2d 654 (Minn. 1947)

Summary

refusing to consider reinstating disbarred attorney convicted for offense of "heinous moral turpitude"

Summary of this case from In re Reinstatement of Anderley

Opinion

No. 82,809.

November 21, 1947.

Attorney's application for reinstatement denied.

Application to this court by Francis G. Van Wyck for reinstatement as an attorney at law. Application denied.

See, 207 Minn. 145, 290 N.W. 227.

Oscar G. Haugland, for petitioner.

William P. Horan, for objector Practice of Law Committee of Minnesota State Bar Association.

Philip Neville, for objector State Board of Law Examiners. Paul C. Thomas, as president, for objector Ramsey County Bar Association.



Application for reinstatement as an attorney at law in this state. Objections to reinstatement were made by the State Board of Law Examiners and the Practice of Law Committee of the State Bar Association. On account of the heinous moral turpitude of the offense of which the applicant was convicted and for which he was disbarred, this court would not be justified in appointing a referee to take testimony in support of or in opposition to the application for reinstatement and would not be justified in reinstating the applicant to the bar of this state.

Application denied.


Summaries of

In re Van Wyck

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Nov 21, 1947
29 N.W.2d 654 (Minn. 1947)

refusing to consider reinstating disbarred attorney convicted for offense of "heinous moral turpitude"

Summary of this case from In re Reinstatement of Anderley
Case details for

In re Van Wyck

Case Details

Full title:IN RE APPLICATION OF FRANCIS G. VAN WYCK FOR REINSTATEMENT AS AN ATTORNEY…

Court:Supreme Court of Minnesota

Date published: Nov 21, 1947

Citations

29 N.W.2d 654 (Minn. 1947)
29 N.W.2d 654

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