Case Name: In the Matter of the Illegal Practice of Law by John H. GATELY
Court: Supreme Court of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1961-10-25
Citations: 69 N.M. 219
Docket Number: No. 7055
Parties: In the Matter of the Illegal Practice of Law by John H. GATELY.
Judges: COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 219–219

Head Matter:
365 P.2d 457
In the Matter of the Illegal Practice of Law by John H. GATELY.
No. 7055.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Oct. 25, 1961.
COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.

Opinion:
Ordered that respondent's motion to dismiss the petition be and the same is hereby-denied.
Ordered that respondent, John H. Gately, be and he is hereby adjudged guilty of contempt of this Court for the illegal practice of law as charged in Count 2 of the petition; and the Court, being of the opinion that the act constituting the illegal practice of law was technical in nature and not a deliberate act on the part of respondent, no penalty therefor is assessed, but the respondent, John H. Gately, is admonished against a repetition thereof.