Case Name: In re Disbarment of Morton
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-10-10
Citations: 409 U.S. 816
Docket Number: No. A-1165
Parties: In re Disbarment of Morton.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 409
Pages: 816–816

Head Matter:
No. A-1165,
October Term, 1971.
In re Disbarment of Morton.

Opinion:
It having been reported to this Court that William M. Morton, Jr., of St. Joseph, Missouri, has been disbarred from the practice of law in all of the courts of the State of Missouri, and this Court by order of May 15, 1972 [406 U. S. 914], having suspended the said William M. Morton, Jr., from the practice of law in this Court and directed that a rule issue requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred;
And it appearing that the said rule was duly issued and served upon the respondent and that the time within which to file a return has expired;
It is ordered that the said William M. Morton, Jr., be, and he is hereby, disbarred from the practice of law in this Court and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys admitted to practice before the Bar of this Court.