COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & GRIEV. v. JOHNSON

No. 19169.

447 F.2d 169 (1971)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND GRIEVANCES OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR ASSOCIATION v. Russell B. JOHNSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Zimmerman, Christiansted St. Croix, V. I., for appellant.

William Kanter (L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert M. Carney, U. S. Atty., Morton Hollander, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GANEY, SEITZ and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands suspending respondent Johnson from the practice of law for twelve months. Only the basic facts leading to the disbarment proceedings need be recited. On March 9, 1968, Laura Cutchin requested and empowered respondent, her lawyer, to solicit offers for approximately 42 acres of land on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands...

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