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MATTER OF COHEN

9 A.D.2d 436 (1959)

In the Matter of Albert Martin Cohen, an Attorney, Respondent. Denis M. Hurley, Petitioner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

December 31, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis M. Hurley (Michael A. Castaldi and Michael Caputo of counsel), for petitioner.

David F. Price for respondent.

WENZEL and UGHETTA, JJ., concur with BELDOCK, J.; NOLAN, P. J., concurs in separate opinion, in result; KLEINFELD, J., dissents and votes to dismiss the proceeding, in opinion.

BELDOCK, J.

More than 40 years ago the eminent jurist, Chief Judge CARDOZO, declared: "Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions. A fair private and professional character is one of them. Compliance with that condition is essential at the moment of admission; but it is equally essential afterwards * * *. Whenever the condition is broken, the privilege is lost. To refuse admission to an unworthy...

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