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MATTER OF THIES

45 N.Y.2d 865 (1978)

In the Matter of Winthrop Drake Thies, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Appellant. Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Berman for appellant.

Nicholas C. Cooper for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI and JONES concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judges WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE dissent and vote to reverse in a memorandum.

Per Curiam.

We decline the invitation to reconsider our decision of but a year ago in Matter of Chu (42 N.Y.2d 490) in which we held that, under subdivision 4 of section 90 of the Judiciary Law, conviction of a Federal felony works an automatic disbarment in New York State of a defendant attorney. We then held that it is immaterial that there is no felony analogue under our...

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