CANTOR v. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES


226 S.W.2d 283 (1949)

CANTOR v. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES OF WASHINGTON AND CARTER COUNTY BAR ASS'NS. et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Barnes, Johnson City, John W. Kilgo, Greeneville, for appellant.

J. R. Simmonds, McKinley Green, Frank Bryant, Thomas E. Mitchell and William W. Belew, all of Johnson City, Geo. C. Edens, Guy Ferguson and C. M. Fair, Jr., all of Elizabethton, for appellees.

Louis Farrell, Jr., Nashville, and Frank Montgomery, Knoxville, for amicus curiae.


BURNETT, Justice.

The question presented by the case is whether an attorney, disbarred under sub-section (1) of Code, § 9974, may apply for reinstatement through the disbarring court or must be readmitted through the usual channels for a person seeking a law license.

This case has given us an unusual amount of concern. Much independent investigation has been made by us of the authorities in addition to the...

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