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LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASS'N v. BEARD

Nos. 60462, 60463.

374 So.2d 1179 (1979)

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. Caliste BEARD, Jr. LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. William A. SUMMERS, III.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana State Bar Association, Committee On Professional Responsibility, Harold J. Lamy, Chairman, New Orleans, Roland J. Achee, Shreveport, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, Sam J. D'Amico, Baton Rouge, Leonard Fuhrer, Alexandria, Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., Tallulah, Alfred S. Landry, New Iberia, A. Russell Roberts, Metairie, John B. Scofield, Lake Charles, Thomas O. Collins, Jr., Executive Counsel, New Orleans, for plaintiff-petitioner.

Robert R. McBride, Lafayette, Arthur A. Lemann, III, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

DIXON, Justice.

After conducting formal investigatory hearings, the Bar Association, through the Committee on Professional Responsibility, filed two petitions on August 15, 1977 seeking disciplinary action against Caliste Beard, Jr. and William A. Summers, III. The cases were consolidated, and, after hearings were held, the Commissioner filed his report in January, 1979.

The petition filed by the Bar Association alleges substantial violations of Disciplinary...

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