CIRAVOLO v. THE FLORIDA BAR

No. 50249.

361 So.2d 121 (1978)

Riccardo G. CIRAVOLO and Bennett G. Feldman, Petitioners, v. THE FLORIDA BAR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mallory H. Horton of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, for petitioners.

Russell Troutman, President of The Florida Bar, Winter Park, and Wilson J. Foster, Jr., Bar Counsel, Tallahassee, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We must decide a most difficult question: whether or not evidence given by an attorney, following a grant of immunity under Section 914.04, Florida Statutes (1975), may be used against him in a disciplinary proceeding brought by The Florida Bar. We exercise our jurisdiction under Article V, Section 15, Florida Constitution, and answer this question in the affirmative.

Petitioners, Ciravolo and Feldman, are members of The Florida Bar and are subject...

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