Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1977

Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Atkins

Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Atkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided October 25, 1977 · Summers
352 So. 2d 605; 1977 La. LEXIS 6950 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Atkins

Opinion of the Court

*606ORDER

Based upon the Court’s concurrence with the opinion of the Committee on Professional Responsibility that the crime of which W. D. Atkins, Jr. has been convicted constitutes a serious crime, the necessary element of which reflects upon said attorney’s moral fitness to practice law:

IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT, that W. D. Atkins, Jr. be and he is hereby suspended from the practice of law and said attorney’s license to practice is hereby suspended.

It is further ordered that the Committee institute the necessary disciplinary proceedings against W. D. Atkins, Jr., seeking his disbarment or other remedy deemed appropriate, all in keeping with Article XV of the Articles of Incorporation of the Louisiana State Bar Association, provided however, that the disciplinary proceedings so instituted will not, unless requested by the accused, be brought to a hearing until all appeals from the conviction are concluded.

REHEARING DENIED.

Dissenting Opinion

SUMMERS, J.,

was of the opinion a rehearing should be granted. In re Ming, 7 Cir., 469 F.2d 1352.

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