OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. GRIGSBY


493 Pa. 194 (1981)

425 A.2d 730

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. John T. GRIGSBY, III, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Herron, Samuel D. Miller, III, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

L. Jackson Thomas, II, West Chester, for respondent.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding presents the following questions: whether there is sufficient evidence to prove that John T. Grigsby, III (respondent) filed a sworn pleading which he knew was false; whether respondent's conduct violates Disciplinary Rule 1-102 of the Code of Professional Responsibility [hereinafter cited as DR 1-102]; and whether disbarment is an appropriate sanction, considering respondent's history of disciplinary...

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