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· 6/29/1982

Application of Taylor

Citations

  • 647 P.2d 462
  • 293 Or. 285
  • 1982 Ore. LEXIS 964

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  • applying ORS 9.220 as it existed before its amendment to its present form in Oregon Laws 1981, chapter 193, section 7
  • considering circumstances surrounding bankruptcy “as these circumstances illustrate an applicant’s judgment in handling serious financial obligations”
  • earlier crime of theft; applicant had stated in an underlying proceeding that he had forgotten to pay for a stolen item, but then stated during admissions process that he had intended to steal the item
  • admission denied based on perjury, theft, bankruptcy to avoid debt, and lack of reformation, quoting In re Ruffalo, 390 US 544, 555, 88 S Ct 1222, 1228, 20 L Ed 2d 117, 125 (1968) (White, J., concurring)
  • court denied admission into the bar to applicant who five years earlier had perjured himself to secure acquittal to a charge of theft and seven years earlier had discharged his student loans in bankruptcy with no extraordinary hardship that would ordinarily compel resort to bankruptcy
  • court denied admission into the bar to applicant who five years earlier had perjured himself to secure acquittal to a charge of theft and seven years earlier had discharged his student loans in bankruptcy with no extraordinary hardship that would ordinarily compel resort to bankruptcy

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Judges: Per Curiam

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