IN RE WILKES

No. 72-1399.

494 F.2d 472 (1974)

In re Donald E. WILKES, an attorney, Petitioner-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Maness, Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Harold F. Keefe, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Marshall R. Cassedy, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Fla., Robert Bryne, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Patrick A. Podsaid, Asst. Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Miami, Fla., Harry G. Carratt, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Paul B. DeWitt, Executive Director, Assn. of the Bar of the City of N. Y., New York City, for respondents-appellees.

Before WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Donald E. Wilkes, the movant-appellant, brings this appeal from the judgment of the district court dismissing his "Motion to Confirm Credentials to Practice Before the Courts of the Southern District" of Florida. We reverse and remand for a hearing on the allegations contained in Wilkes's motion.

I.

Wilkes was admitted to the Bar of Florida in 1950. He was also a member of the New York Bar. In 1960 the New York Supreme Court...

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