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STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSN. v. PORTER

SCBD No. 3371.

766 P.2d 958 (1988)

STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel., OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. E. Melvin PORTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected December 20 and December 28, 1988.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Foster, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Bar Assn, Oklahoma City, for complainant.

Lewis Barber, Jr., George P. Traviolia, Barber & Traviolia, Oklahoma City, for respondent.

Morris R. Bell, President, Oklahoma City Assn. of Black Lawyers, Oklahoma City, for amici curiae.

HARGRAVE, Vice Chief Justice.

Presently before the Court is a disciplinary matter brought against E. Melvin Porter upon a grievance filed by District Judge Ralph G. Thomspon. After a hearing the Professional Responsibility Trial Panel found that E. Melvin Porter violated the mandatory strictures of 5 O.S.A. Ch. I, App. 3 (1981), D.R. 1-102(A)(5), (6) providing:

"(A) A lawyer shall not: ..... ...

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