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RATTERMAN v. STAPLETON

371 S.W.2d 939 (1963)

George W. RATTERMAN, Petitioner, v. Paul J. STAPLETON, Judge, Division No. 2, Campbell Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Cook, Moebus, Cook, Kirchhoff & Neisch, Newport, for petitioner.

Howell W. Vincent, Covington, for respondent.

N. Mitchell Meade, Lexington, amicus curiae.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

The right of a circuit court to disbar permanently an attorney from the practice of law in the several courts of the Commonwealth is involved. The matter is here on petition filed by George W. Ratterman to prohibit Paul J. Stapleton, Judge, Division No. 2, Campbell Circuit Court, from proceeding further in a disbarment action against him. It is the contention of the petitioner that the Court of Appeals possesses the sole authority to disbar an attorney...

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