MATTER OF ABRAMS

No. 75-1029.

521 F.2d 1094 (1975)

In the Matter of Arthur Lawrence ABRAMS, an Attorney-at-Law, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1975.

Certiorari Denied December 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin & Tischman, Clive S. Cummis, Newark, N.J., of counsel; Jerald D. Baranoff, Newark, N.J., on the brief, for appellant.

Clyde A. Szuch, Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, Newark, N.J., for New Jersey State Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Jonathan L. Goldstein, U.S. Atty., John J. Barry, Maryanne T. Desmond, Asst. U.S. Attys., Newark, N.J., on the brief, for appellee.

William J. Brennan, III, Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, Co-Chairmen, Ethics Committee, Princeton, N.J., Thomas F. Campion, Co-Chairman, Ethics Committee, Newark, N.J., for amicus curiae, Federal Bar Assn. (Newark Chapter).

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, VAN DUSEN, ALDISERT, ADAMS, ROSENN, HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied December 15, 1975. See 96 S.Ct. 574.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Arthur Lawrence Abrams appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey disbarring him from the practice of law in that court. The circumstances giving rise to this litigation relate to Abrams' issuance of a check, drawn on a trust account and ultimately used to satisfy the extortion of Jersey City officials...

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