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BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS v. GABRIEL

No. 96-0605.

953 S.W.2d 227 (1997)

The BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, Relator, v. The Honorable Lee GABRIEL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Gilchrist, Dedora Jefferson, Laquita A. Hamilton, Jorge Vega, Dan Morales, Austin, for relator.

Steven Wayne Young, Linda A. Acevedo, Austin, for Commission of Lawyer Discipline/State Bar of Texas.

Frank J. Douthitt, Henrietta, for Jack G. Neal, real party in interest.

HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, SPECTOR, OWEN and ABBOTT, Justices.

The principal question in this original mandamus proceeding is whether the Board of Law Examiners is authorized by the Rules of Disciplinary Procedure to investigate the moral character and the mental and emotional fitness to practice law of a person petitioning for reinstatement to membership in the State Bar of Texas. The answer is no.

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