Case Name: In re Marion Overton WHITE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1992-01-06
Citations: 590 So. 2d 1184
Docket Number: No. 91 B 2068
Parties: In re Marion Overton WHITE.
Judges: WATSON and HALL, JJ., dissent, believing that 12 months would be an appropriate suspension.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 590
Pages: 1184–1185

Head Matter:
In re Marion Overton WHITE.
No. 91 B 2068.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 6, 1992.
Rehearing Granted Feb. 13, 1992.
Louis Berry, Bridgett B. DeJean, Alexandria, Marion Overton White, Opelousas, for respondent.
James Reed Barrow, G. Fred Ours, Elizabeth A. Alston, New Orleans, for LSBA.

Opinion:
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING
PER CURIAM.
Upon review of the hearing committee and disciplinary board's findings and recommendations, and considering the transcript, record, argument and briefs, the Court adopts the board's recommendation to provide that Marion Overton White be suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months from the finality of this decision. All costs are assessed against respondent.
WATSON and HALL, JJ., dissent, believing that 12 months would be an appropriate suspension.
Rehearing granted; suspension reduced to twelve months.
LEMMON, J., dissents from reduction.
COLE, J., would reduce suspension to six months.