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MATTER OF WEISS

20 N.Y.2d 696 (1967)

In the Matter of Irene P. Weiss, Appellant. Committee on Character and Fitness of the Second Judicial Department, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron D. Bernstein and Robert A. Morse for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Daniel M. Cohen and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Burt Neuborne for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL.

Order reversed, without costs, and matter remanded to the Appellate Division, Second Department, with instructions to conduct a hearing in accordance with the ruling in Willner v. Committee on Character (373 U.S. 96) on reasonable notice to appellant containing a plain and concise statement of the particular charges against her on account of which her character and fitness to practice law have been disapproved, with opportunity to her...

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