COOGAN v. CINCINNATI BAR ASSOCIATION

No. 20713.

431 F.2d 1209 (1970)

James H. COOGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CINCINNATI BAR ASSOCIATION, the Grievance Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Supreme Court of Ohio, Thomas Startzman, Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Robert F. Ebinger, Esquire, Carlos A. Falkner, Esquire, Charles F. Atkinson, Esquire, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Brown, Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Thomas V. Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for Supreme Court of Ohio and Thomas Startzman on motion to affirm.

John S. Wirthlin, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Cincinnati Bar Assn. and Grievance Committee of Cincinnati Bar Assn. on motion to affirm.

Robert F. Dreidame, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Bd. of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, Supreme Court of Ohio and Robert F. Ebinger, Carlos A. Faulkner and Charles F. Atkinson, on motion to affirm.

Vernon R. Brose, Otto F. Putnick, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant on motion in opposition to affirm.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Coogan, who was indefinitely suspended from the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Ohio, filed suit in the District Court under the Civil Rights Act to enjoin the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Court and its Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, and the Cincinnati Bar Association and its Grievance Committee, from enforcing the final judgment of suspension.

The District Judge granted defendants' motion to dismiss on the ground...

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