Court Opinion

ID: 9551321
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:51:15.588415+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:30.961284
License: Public Domain

HODGES, Chief Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in the majority opinion that the disbarment order of March 8, 1960, against the Respondent should not be recalled and set aside.
I respectfully dissent, however, from that portion of the opinion which recalls the disciplinary penalty of ad infinitum disbarment and concludes that the disbarment of the *50Respondent for the last six and one half years is sufficient disciplinary punishment.
The only issue presented to this court is whether the disbarment order of March 8, 1960, should be recalled and set aside on the grounds listed in the Respondent’s motion. The court has decided this issue and has refused to grant the relief sought by the Respondent.
The extent of the punishment under the disbarment order is not an issue for our determination in this case. There has been no evidence presented on this issue either by the Respondent or the Complainant. I would withhold any determination of this issue until it was properly presented, evidence received, and fully briefed and argued by both the Respondent and the Complainant.
I have no objections of extending equitable consideration to the Respondent on the basis that subsequent events revealed a partial truth of his accusations, but I would do so, only when the issue was properly presented.
I am authorized to state that HUBBELL, J., concurs in the views hereinabove expressed.