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DAILY GAZETTE v. COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS

No. 16403.

326 S.E.2d 705 (1984)

The DAILY GAZETTE CO., INC., Petitioner, v. The COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Refused January 10, 1985.

Dissenting Opinion February 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DiTrapano & Jackson, Rudolph L. DiTrapano, Rebecca A. Baitty, Charleston, for petitioner.

Robert H. Davis, Jr., John A. Rogers, Charleston, for respondent.

McGRAW, Justice:

This mandamus action arises from a disciplinary action against Weirton attorney Leonard Z. Alpert. The petitioner, The Daily Gazette Company, Inc., sought to compel the respondent, the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar, to release information concerning its investigation of Alpert made pursuant to this disciplinary action. Because Alpert agreed, however, on July 5, 1984, to the release...

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