APPLICATION OF SEDILLO

No. 6564.

347 P.2d 162 (1959)

66 N.M. 267

Application of C.B. SEDILLO for Admission to State Bar of New Mexico.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Chapman, C.B. Sedillo, pro se, Santa Fe, for applicant.

A.T. Seymour, Albuquerque, amicus curiae.


CARMODY, Justice.

This is an original proceeding by C.B. Sedillo, asking that he be granted, on motion, a license to practice law.

The precise question involved is whether the legislature or the court has the power to determine the qualifications of a person seeking to practice law.

Applicant does not question, and actually admits, the inherent power of the court to grant or withhold the rights of admission to the practice of law. In fact, the following...

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