MATTER OF VOORHEES

No. 12544.

294 N.W.2d 646 (1980)

In the Matter of the Discipline of Merlin VOORHEES, Attorney at Law.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 9, 1980.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. James Zieser, Tyndall, Atty. for Disciplinary Bd., South Dakota Bar Ass'n, for complainant.

Patrick J. Kane of Kean & Kane, Sioux Falls, for respondent.


MORGAN, Justice.

Merlin Voorhees was admitted to practice before the Bar of this state on July 31, 1969. He practiced law in Onida, South Dakota, until 1972 or 1973 when he sold out his practice and took over the management of a feedlot situated in Onida and denominated the Missouri Slopes Feedlot Inc. (MSF), of which he was one of the initial investors.1 He was thus engaged when he committed the offense of making and using false documents...

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